357th Harvard Commencement
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Call it magic, but the rain held off while Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling delivered the keynote address this afternoon (June 5) at Harvard University’s annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.
At least one Harry Potter was on hand for the speech, wearing the trademark round glasses and a flowing black Gryffindor robe. But Alastair Beeson of Manhattan, age 10, was disappointed at how slowly hundreds of alumni were shuffling to their seats. ‘At the rate this line is moving,’ he said, peering around for a sight of Rowling, ‘every one of us could get our book signed.’ Read the full story
News and Events
- The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
(Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech, 06/05/08) - Commencement address of President Drew Faust
(06/05/08) - Honorary degrees awarded at Commencement
(Harvard Gazette, 06/05/08) - Harvard confers 6,966 degrees and 104 certificates
(Harvard Gazette, 06/05/08) - Bernanke touts nation’s economic resilience
(Harvard Gazette, 06/04/08) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s Class Day speech
(Harvard Gazette, 06/04/08) - Five graduate to service
(Harvard Gazette, 06/04/08) - President Faust’s remarks at the Harvard ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
(06/04/08) - Faust bids farewell to Class of 2008
(Harvard Gazette, 06/03/08) - President Faust’s baccalaureate address to Class of 2008
(06/03/08) - Weinberg, Phillips honored at PBK ceremony
(Harvard Gazette, 06/03/08) - Commencement crib sheet
(Harvard Gazette, 05/29/08) - Bells ring in Commencement
(Harvard Gazette, 05/29/08) - Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to deliver Class Day speech
(Harvard Gazette, 04/09/08) - J.K. Rowling to speak at Commencement
(Harvard Gazette, 01/17/08)
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- Harvard University Gazette,
June 5-11, 2008
(pdf, part 1)
(pdf, part 2)
