University Relations

Honors & Awards

Commencement speakers

May 2009	H. Ray Hoops President, University of Southern Indiana Click here for the Commencement address. Click here to view a photo album of Commencement.
December 2008	Dr. Sherry B. Darrell USI Integra Bank Distinguished Professor (2008) Click here for the Commencement address.
May 2008	Sherrianne M. Standley Vice President emeritus of Advancement, University of Southern Indiana Click here for the Commencement address. Click here to view a photo album of Commencement.
December 2007	Dr. Paul Doss USI Integra Distinguished Professor Award-winner (2007) Click here for an archived stream of Commencement.
May 2007	Jean LemMon Award-winning journalist and entrepreneur Click here to view a photo album of Commencement.
May 2006	Martha Lamkin President and CEO of Lumina Foundation for Education Click here to read a story about Lamkin. Click here for the Commencement address. Click here to view the Commencement program. Click here to view a photo album of Commencement.
May 2005	Charles C. Huppert Businessman and War Hero Click here to read a story about Huppert.
May 2004	Melissa S. May Indiana Court of Appeals, attorney and judge
May 2003	Joseph E. Kernan Lt. Governon, state of Indiana Click here to read a story about Kernan. Click here for the Commencement address.
May 2002	Edward G. Boehne Retired President and CEO Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
May 2001	Helen Thomas Author and Hearst Newspaper Columnist
May 2000	Dr. David Hamburg President emeritus of Carnegie Foundation Click here to read a story about Hamburg.
May 1999	Frank F. McDonald II Mayor of Evansville and USI alumni Click here to read a story about McDonald.
May 1998	H. Lee Cooper Chairman of the Board CNB Bancshares, Inc. Click here to read a story about Cooper.
May 1997	Ann M. Stack Publisher Emeritus of Arts Indiana Magazine
May 1996	Evan Bayh Governor of the State of Indiana
May 1995	Randall T. Shepard Evansville Native and Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
May 1994	Gordon St. Angelo Program Officer for Community Development at the Lilly Endowment
May 1993	Larraine R. Matusak Leadership Scholar, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
May 1992	George B. Weathersby Educator and Business Executive; former Chairman of Indiana Commission for Higher Education
May 1991	John J. Pruis Educator and Business Executive; Chairman of the Board of Incorporators for a Separate State University in Southwestern Indiana
May 1990	Judith G. Clabes Editor of The Kentucky Post
May 1989	Lee H. Hamilton Former Chairman of the Mead Johnson Company
May 1988	Ernestine M. Raclin Chairman of the Board of First Source Corporation and First Source Bank, South Bend, Indiana
May 1987	James Thomas Morris President, Lilly Endowment, Inc., of Indianapolis
May 1986	Robert Dunkerson Orr Governor of the State of Indiana; Native Son of Evansville
May 1985	William Knowlton Zinsser Author and Editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club
May 1984	Beurt Richard SerVaas Chairman of the Board, Curtis Publishing Company; President, SerVaas, Inc.
May 1983	Reverend Francis Raymond Shea Archbishop of Evansville Catholic Diocese
May 1982	John Massie Mutz Lt. Governor of Indiana; Former State Senator
May 1981	James R. Harris Administrator of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining; Former State Senator
May 1980	Wynetka Ann Reynolds Provost, Ohio State University
May 1979	William Robert Burleigh Former editor of The Evansville Press; Editor of The Cincinnati Post
May 1978	Russell G. Lloyd Mayor of the City of Evansville
May 1977	Virgil Alfred Clift Professor Emeritus, New York University; Editor, Encyclopedia of Black America
May 1976
May 1975	Alan Carson Rankin President, Indiana State University
May 1974	Sylvia Fidd Porter Author and nationally syndicated columnist
May 1973	Robert Dunkerson Orr Educator and Chairman, History and Psychology, Evansville, Indiana Schools(retired)
June 1972	Richard Green Lugar Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana
June 1971	Peter Parker Muirhead Executive Deputy Commissioner of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
April 1970