Herman Boone
Inspirational football coach
The LaFarge Convocation, 2012
Ben Brantley and Mark Lamos
New York Times chief theater critic and Westport Country Playhouse artistic director
Open VISIONS Forum
Stephen M. Coan, Ph.D., and Robert Ballard, Ph.D.
President/CEO, Sea Research Foundation & Founder/President, Institute for Exploration,
Mystic Aquarium
Open VISIONS Forum
Michele Dillon, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, University of New Hampshire
The 11th Annual Anne Drummey O’Callaghan Lecture
Martin Fletcher
Author/Former NBC News
Tel Aviv bureau chief
Carl and Dorothy Bennett Lecture in Judaic Studies
Michael S. Kogan, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
& Religion,
Montclair State University
The 6th Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement
Meadowlark Lemon
Former Harlem Globetrotter, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
Open VISIONS Forum
Danke Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, Fairfield University
Fall Convocation, 2012
Lara Logan
CBS News chief foreign correspondent
Open VISIONS Forum
Howard Marks
Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management
Charles F. Dolan Lecture Series
John McGreevy, Ph.D.
Author/Dean, College of
Arts and Letters,
University of Notre Dame
The 5th Annual
Commonweal Lecture
Adam Mendelsohn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
The Adolf and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies
Rex Reed
New York Observer film critic
Open VISIONS Forum
Joseph P. Russoniello ’63
Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
Undergraduate Commencement, 2012
Barry Scheck
Director, The Innocence Project
Open VISIONS Forum
Stephen Schloesser, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, Loyola University Chicago
The 2012 Bellarmine Lecture
John Thiel, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies, Fairfield University
The 18th Annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J., Lecture in Theology, Religion, and Society
Chuck Todd
NBC News chief White House correspondent and political director
Open VISIONS Forum
Sarah Vowell
Author/journalist
Open VISIONS Forum
Bob and Susan Wright
Former vice-chairman of
General Electric/CEO of
NBC and NBC Universal,
co-founders of Autism Speaks
Graduate Commencement, 2012
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