| 2008 |
Hunter R. Rawlings III, former President of Cornell University and the University of Iowa; visiting Professor of Classics at U.Va. |
| |
Sheila C. Johnson, entrepreneur and philanthropist |
| 2007 |
John Grisham, best-selling novelist and Albemarle County resident |
| |
Boyd Tinsley, acclaimed violinist of the Dave Matthews Band and U.Va. alumnus |
| 2006 |
Timothy
Kaine, Governor of Virginia |
| 2005 |
Vivian
W. Pinn, Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health
(ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health |
| |
Ron
Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winner, author and journalist |
| 2004 |
Senator
John Warner, a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Senate |
| |
Tiki
Barber, star running back for the National Football League's
New York Giants |
| 2003 |
Mortimer
M. Caplin, former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service |
| |
Dr.
L. D. Britt, Brickhouse Professor and Chairman at Eastern
Virginia Medical School |
| 2002 |
Mark
Warner, Governor of Virginia |
| |
David
Baldacci, bestselling author |
| 2001 |
Francis
S. Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research
Institute (Biographical
information) |
| 2000 |
Alfred
Berkeley III, president, NASDAQ (Commencement) |
| |
Andy
Rooney, former CBS News correspondent (Valediction) |
| 1999 |
Honorable
Howard H. Baker, U.S. Ambassador to Japan |
| 1998 |
Jim
Gilmore, Governor of Virginia |
| 1997 |
Hunter
B. Andrews, U.S. senator |
| 1996 |
Kathryn
Thornton, former NASA astronaut |
| 1995 |
William
Raspberry, freelance writer and columnist for the Washington
Post |
| 1994 |
George
Allen, former governor of Virginia |
| 1993 |
John
T. Casteen III, president, University of Virginia |
| 1992 |
Honorable
John Charles Thomas, Virginia Supreme Court Justice |
| 1991 |
W.
Nathaniel Howell, Ambassador |
| 1973 |
Lady
Bird Johnson, former First Lady |
