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Dole is today's Class Day speaker for the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), chosen because she leads one of the world's largest nonprofit organizations and thus serves as a model for a new wave of KSG graduates aiming for careers in community service...
This "family" feel was reinforced at last weekend's national Red Cross convention. As the keynote speaker, Dole left the podium with a microphone to circulate among the banquet tables, dazzling those in attendance by rattling off statistics and anecdotes about individual chapter delegations as she passed them...
Since he graduated from Harvard College, Elliot Richardson, this year's Harvard Law School (HLS) Class Day speaker, has used his trademark willpower as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Secretary of Defense; Attorney General of Massachusetts and later the United States; ambassador to various countries; and, on and off, as an associate or a partner in Boston and Washington law firms...
Still, in a career spanning nearly four decades, this year's Harvard Business School (HBS) Class Day speaker has learned to maneuver successfully in two very different, but equally demanding environments: the high stakes world of Wall Street risk arbitrage and the contentious realm of Washington politics...
Indeed, it is Rubin's experience with the dual fields of private finance and public policy which, observers claim, make him an effective "steward of the nation's economy" as well as an attractive speaker for the third annual HBS Class Day ceremonies...