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IVC Commencement Speakers
Year
Speaker
Title
Company
2019
Daniele C. Struppa
President
Chapman University
2018
Tyrone Howard
Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion
University of California, Los Angeles
2017
Howard Gillman
Chancellor
University of California, Irvine
2016
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean of the School of Law
University of California, Irvine
2015
Gregory Washington
Dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine
2014
Scott Lay
President & Chief Executive Officer
Community College League of California
2013
Mary Niven
Vice President
Disney California Adventure & Guest Services
2012
Keith Rhodes
CEO
Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Orange County
2011
Martin J. Smith
Editor-in-Chief
Orange Coast Magazine
2010
Jack Scott
Chancellor
California Community Colleges
2009
Sharon Salinger
Prof. of History; Dean of Undergraduate Education
University of California, Irvine
2008
Reuben Martinez
Author, Lecturer, & Owner
Martinez Books & Art Gallery
2007
John Spencer Ellis
Alumnus
Fitness, Wellness & Personal Development Expert
2006
Wing Lam
Founder
Wahoo's Fish Taco
2004
Lou Bone
Mayor
City of Tustin
2003
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2002
No Speaker
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2001
No Speaker
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2000
No Speaker
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1999
No Speaker
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N/A
1998
No Speaker
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1997
No Speaker
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1996
No Speaker
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1995
No Speaker
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1994
No Speaker
N/A
N/A
1993
Richard Sneed
Chancellor
SOCCCD
1992
No Speaker
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N/A
1991
No Speaker
N/A
N/A
1990
Mark Petracca
Associate Professor; Political Science
University of California, Irvine
1989
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese American Author; Professor Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
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