Christopher Reeve	Richard Holbrooke

Although Columbia will bid farewell to nearly 9,300 students on the morning of May 16, each of the University's 15 schools and its two affiliates (Barnard College and Teachers College) will host individual ceremonies as well. It is during those ceremonies that schools enlist distinguished speakers to impart one last word of advice, one more meaningful anecdote, and, perhaps, to lift students from their seats one last time with a great gust of inspiration.

The ceremonies will feature speakers who are among the most prominent in their fields, which include business, media, science, entertainment, law and academia. Among them are actor Christopher Reeve, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, actor, playwright and educator Anna Deavere Smith and attorney David Boies.

The following is an alphabetical rundown of the time, location and featured speakers for the 2001 individual graduation ceremonies:

The Alumni Federation welcomes former Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Arthur Levitt as guest speaker during a luncheon reception in Low Rotunda immediately following commencement.

Dean Bernard Tschumi will host the program for the School of Architecture. The ceremony will take place on May 16 at 2 p.m. in St. Paul's Chapel.

The School of the Arts welcomes actor, playwright, and educator Anna Deavere Smith, who will address students on May 16 at 2 p.m. in Miller Theatre.

The Baccalaureate ceremony took place on May 13 in St. Paul's Chapel. Officiated by University Chaplain Jewelnel Davis, the event featured Roger Lehecka, Executive Director of Columbia 250, as guest speaker.

Anna Deavere Smith

Barnard College welcomes celebrated gospel singer and folklorist Bearnice Reagon, who will receive the College's Medal of Distinction and deliver the keynote address. The ceremony will take place on May 15 at 2: 30 p.m. on Barnard's Lehman Lawn (Rain location: Levien Gymnasium). Also receiving Barnard's Medal of Distinction at the ceremony will be author Maxine Greene, Barnard'38, Professor Emerita of Teachers College; William F. Russell, Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center Morris Dees, and famed diver and dinosaur hunter Susan Hendrickson.

The Graduate School of Business will feature distinguished speaker Bill Campbell, CC'62, former head Columbia football coach and chairman of the board of Intuit, during a 6 p.m. ceremony on May 15 at City Center in midtown Manhattan.

Columbia College will host speaker David Boies, an attorney who argued this year for Napster and the Florida presidential election recount, during a May 15 ceremony on the South Field Lawn at 10:30 a.m.

Retiring Dean Allen J. Formicola of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery will be the featured speaker at an 11 a.m. ceremony on May 17 in the Presbyterian Hospital Chapel Garden.

Russell Bessette, head of New York Science, Technology and Research (NYSTAR) will address graduates and undergraduates receiving degrees from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony at South Field Lawn on May 15.

Chief Correspondent for The New York Times R.W. Apple Jr. will speak to the graduating class of the School of General Studies on May 15 at 5 p.m. in Lerner Hall's Roone Arledge Auditorium.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will hold two separate ceremonies on May 15 in St. Paul's Chapel for the school's masters and doctoral graduates. The masters event will be held at 10:30 a.m. and will feature distinguished speaker John Kander, GSAS'54, acclaimed composer of Broadway musicals. The doctoral ceremony will take place at 3:30 p.m. when Andreas Huyssen, Villard Professor of Germanic Languages, will address the graduates.

Executive Editor of the New York Times Joe Lelyveld will address students in the School of Journalism on May 16 at 3 p.m. in Roone Arledge Auditorium. Lelyveld is the 2001 recipient of the Columbia Journalism Award presented by the school's students and faculty.

The Law School welcomes the Chief Judge of the State of New York Judith S. Kaye, who will speak on May 14 at 8 p.m. in Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

Linda A. Fairstein, chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit for the New York County District Attorney's Office, and William W. McGuire, chairman and CEO of United Health Group, will both be featured speakers for the School of Nursing ceremony on May 16 at 5:30 in the Presbyterian Hospital Chapel Garden.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons will host University Professor and Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel at the school's May 16 ceremony in the Presbyterian Hospital Chapel Garden at 2:30 p.m.

The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health welcomes Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, former United States permanent representative to the United Nations, on May 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium on the Health Sciences Campus. Holbrooke will receive the 2001 Dean's Distinguished Service Award.

Renowned actor and advocate for spinal injury research Christopher Reeve will address the graduating class of the School of International and Public Affairs. The ceremony will take place on Ancell Plaza (between the Law and International Affairs buildings) at 2:30 p.m. on May 15.

The School of Social Work will feature retiring Dean Ronald Feldman as guest speaker during a 2 p.m. ceremony in Levien Gymnasium on May 16.

Teachers College will honor jazz artist Wynton Marsalis, author Frank McCourt and Milbrey McLaughlin, David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford, during a masters degree ceremony at 4 p.m. on May 15 in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. CEO and Chairman of the Board Richard Robinson will be honored during the doctoral degree ceremony at 2:30 p.m. on May 16, also at St. John the Divine.