No. |
Date |
Commencment Speaker |
Honorary Degree Recipients |
|---|---|---|---|
1-35 |
1826-1861 |
No formal commencement speakers |
|
36 |
July 9, 1862 |
Nathan S.S. Beman, RPI President |
|
37 |
July 8, 1863 |
Nathan S.S. Beman, RPI President |
|
38 |
June 29, 1864 |
George Gould, Judge |
|
39 |
July 6, 1865 |
John F. Winslow, RPI President |
|
40 |
July 3, 1866 |
John F. Winslow, RPI President |
|
41 |
July 2, 1867 |
John F. Winslow, RPI President |
|
42 |
June 30, 1868 |
Thomas C. Brinsmade, RPI President |
|
43 |
June 23, 1869 |
William J. McAlpine |
|
44 |
June 21, 1870 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
45 |
June 28, 1871 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
46 |
June 26, 1872 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
47 |
June 17, 1873 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
48 |
June 17, 1874 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
49 |
June 16, 1875 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
50 |
June 14, 1876 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
51 |
June 13, 1877 |
Alfred P. Boller ’61, AMCE |
|
52 |
June 12, 1878 |
James Forsyth, RPI President |
|
53 |
June 18, 1879 |
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54 |
June 16, 1880 |
Francis Collingwood ‘55, C.E. |
|
55 |
June 15, 1881 |
Clarkson N. Potter ’43 |
|
56 |
June 14, 1882 |
C.E. Patterson |
Luiz da R. Diaz; C.E. |
Charles H. Fisher; C.E. |
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57 |
June 13, 1883 |
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58 |
June 18, 1884 |
Rev. Charles Wood |
James A. Booth; Ph.D. |
William B. Cogswell; C.E. |
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59 |
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60 |
June 16, 1886 |
Capt. Robert Woolston Hunt |
|
61 |
June 15, 1887 |
Henry R. Pierson, NYS Regent |
|
62 |
June 13, 1888 |
B. F. Isherwood, Chief Engineer, US Navy |
|
63 |
June 19, 1889 |
Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Bishop of NY |
|
64 |
June 18, 1890 |
Matthew Hale, LL.D. & Chauncey M. Depew, LL.D. |
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