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...internationally acclaimed journalist with nine Emmys, an Edward R. Murrow award, and six honorary degrees under her belt, Amanpour will speak to the Class of 2010 at Tercentenary Theatre on May 26—the afternoon before the students receive their diplomas at Commencement...
Amanpour is the first female Class Day speaker since Lani C. Guinier ’71, a Clinton nominee for assistant attorney general who delivered the Class Day speech in 1994 and is now a professor at Harvard Law School...
Amanpour joins the ranks of previous Class Day speakers who came from various walks of life. Many past speakers—such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell, and Conan O’Brien ’85—were comedians, while others, like Tim Russert and former President Bill Clinton, came from careers in media or public service...
Nworah B. Ayogu ’10, the first class marshal, said that Amanpour’s reporting on events that have taken place during the lives of the graduating class—such as the Persian Gulf War and the Rwandan genocide—reverberate especially deeply with the Class...
Detractors, he said, have voiced their preference for President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey as the Class Day speaker...