Word: briens
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...comparison to other Class Day predecessors over the past five years--former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wy.), former Mass. Gov. William F. Weld '66, Quincy Jones, Tom Brokaw and Hank Aaron--O'Brien is a significantly younger and less traditional choice...
...There's no reason that the speaker has to be a gray haired man," said Justin M. Krebs '00, first class marshal and co-chair of the selection committee. "Not too long ago [O'Brien] was an undergrad who didn't know what he was going to do with himself--he went off with the same mixture of hope and apprehension that most of us probably have...
...addition, students said they expect O'Brien's work as a comedian will allow him to offer Harvard undergraduates a different kind of inspirational message than older, generally more serious speakers...
...Brien's own class day ceremony in 1985, for example, then- New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo touched on tax reform issues in his address to the senior class...
Sameera Fazili '00, another class marshal and co-chair of the class day speaker committee, said O'Brien was chosen in part because the group hoped he could set a lighter tone for the day--in contrast to the more "somber" nature of Commencement...