The 1999 Commencement

Commencement Archive

Jules Feiffer's Commencement Speech Chancellor Sillerman's Speech Provost Bishop's Speech Commencement Press Releases Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Addresses the Class of 1999 at Southampton Graduate Campus Student is First to Join College, Last in Millennium to Earn a Diploma... 36 Years Later Sarah Sedoruk of Crystal, Minn., Named 1999 Valedictorian at Southampton Graduate Campus Peter Willner Wins Distinguished Alumnus Award from Southampton Graduate Campus Scenes from the Commencement

CITATION FOR DOCTOR OF LETTERS, JULES FEIFFER Artist, satirist, ironist, rightful successor to Fred Astaire, you have made America laugh at itself and yearn to improve. You have shown us how dumb we can be, how dangerous, and how sublime, and all the while you have maintained a sweetness of disposition ordinarily reserved for angels. Best of all, like Fred Astaire, you have shown us how to face the music and dance.