Pomp, Circumstance, and Forced Humor: Commencement Speakers, 2007

Now that the UW finally picked a commencement speaker (they settled on Congressman Norm Dicks after Doug E. Doug cancelled), we've compiled this list of 2007 grad day yakkers at all local colleges (source: The Chronicle of Higher Education). Please let us know if we're wrong or if we left anyone out.

Local colleges
Bastyr College: Joycelyn Elders, masturbation proponent
City University of Seattle: James Donaldson, ex-NBA player
Evergreen State College: Maxine Mimms, education expert
Gonzaga University: Alan Mulally, Ford CEO
Lower Columbia College: Christine Gregoire, governor of WA
Pacific Lutheran University: Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Seattle Pacific University: Didn't respond to email
Seattle University: Fr. Gary Smith, who lives among and ministers to the poor
University of Puget Sound: Elizabeth Cousens, peace activist
University of Washington: Norm Dicks, inside the beltway fat-cat
Washington State University: Mark A. Suwyn, CEO of a paper company (go Cougs!)
Western Washington University: Didn't respond to email
Whitman College: Jeffrey Sachs, economist and author

Local luminaries at non-local colleges:
Bill Gates, Harvard