Dear Class of 2018
Saturday, May 12th, I had the enormous honor of being the commencement speaker at my Alma Mater (CS Eng’97), University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, on the 150th anniversary of UIUC’s very first class.
My heart was overflowing with pride looking over the veritable sea of orange and blue in full academic regalia on the Memorial Field, and a giant cheering crowd of relatives and friends in the stands. I am not sure this was my best speech or delivery ever, but it was certainly the most heartfelt one.
Here is the ceremony in its entirety, I'm on at 54 minutes in.
Here's the full transcript to Saturday's speech
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6 年Thank you for taking some of your time from your busy schedule to talk with us. It was fantastic
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6 年cool speech
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6 年My son Stephen graduated on May 12th from U of I. I must say, this was an inspired commencement speech.