1990 - May 20
John T. Casteen, III
Casteen's address was at the last commencement ceremony to be held outdoors in Memorial Stadium.
1991 - May 18
Fred Rogers
The producer and host of public television's "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood", delivered his address at the first ceremony held in Gampel Pavilion.
1992 - May 16
Cynthia Herbert Adams
Adams was a UConn professor of allied health and chair of the 100 Years of Women at UConn Committee.
1993 - May 22
W. Randall Pinkston
The CBS News correspondent was a member of the UConn School of Law's Class of 1980.
1994 - May 21
Peter Guber
Guber was Chair & CEO of, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
1995 - May 20
Michael Bolton
Bolton, a singer and philantrophist, was a native of New Haven, Conn.
1996 - May 18
Bill Cosby, Sanford Cloud
Cosby spoke at the morning ceremony, Cloud, a former state legislator and president and CEO of The National Conference, spoke at the afternoon ceremony.
1997 - May 17
Robert W. Fiondella
Fiondella, then the chair, president and CEO of, Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance, was a member of the Class of 1968, UConn law.
1998 - May 16
George H. W. Bush
U.S. President from 1989-1993, Bush was a Connecticut native whose father, Prescott Bush was a U.S. Senator.
1999 - May 15
David McCullough
McCullough is a historian, author, and host of the PBS program The American Experience.
Information on the History of Commencement pages was researched and compiled by Mark J. Roy