Speakers at Convocation for Graduate and Professional Schools

1987 Robert F. Durden Professor of History
1988 John Hope Franklin

James B. Duke Professor of History
1989 Leonard Silk Economist, Columnist, The New York Times
1990 Dennis O'Connor Provost, UNC-Chapel Hill
1991 Paul Hardin Chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill
1992 Craufurd D. Goodwin James B. Duke Professor of Economics
1993 Nannerl O. Keohane President
1994 John. W. Strohbehn Provost
1995 Alasdair MacIntyre Arts & Sciences Professor of Philosophy
1996 Karla F. C. Holloway James B. Duke Professor of English
1997 William H. Chafe Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and of Trinity College
1998 Nannerl O. Keohane President
1999 Peter Lange Provost
2000 Cathy N. Davidson Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
2001 Robert Richardson Duke Trustee
2002 Douglas Breeden Dean of Fuqua School of Business
2003 R. Sanders Williams Dean of the School of Medicine
2004 Richard Brodhead President
2005 Kristina M. Johnson Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering
2006 Katherine Bartlett Dean of the School of Law
2007 Paula McClain Professor of Political Science & Public Policy
2008 Peter Lange Provost
2009 Gregory L. Jones Dean of Divinity School
2010 Jo Rae Wright Dean of the Graduate School
2011 William Chameides Dean of the Nicolas School for the Environment
2012 Mohamed Noor Earl D. McLean Professor & Associate Chair of Biology
2013 John H. Aldrich Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science and President-elect of the American Political Science Association
2014 Arlie O. Petters Benjamin Powell Professor and Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration
2015 Nan Marie Jokerst J. A. Jones Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2016 Susan Lozier Ronie-Richelle Garcia-Johnson Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
2017 David F. Levi James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the Duke School of Law
2018 Richard Powell John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art & Art History (link to address)
2019 James E. Coleman, Jr.  John S. Bradway Professor of the Practice of Law, Duke School of Law
Thanks to Jacqueline Looney, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Associate Vice Provost for Academic Diversity, and Debra Cash, Senior Program Coordinator for Special Events and University Ceremonies, for their assistance in compiling this list.