Past Commencement Speakers
| Year | Name |
| 1922 | Deeds, E.A. Col. |
| 1923 | Wells, Dora |
| 1924 | Slutz, Frank D. |
| 1925 | Morgan, Arthur E. |
| 1926 | Potter, Charles F. |
| 1927 | Morgan, Arthur E. |
| 1928 | Morgan, Arthur E. |
| 1929 | Kettering, Charles F. |
| 1930 | Morgan, Arthur E. |
| 1931 | Morgan, Arthur E. |
| 1932 | Silver, Abba Hillel |
| 1933 | Wilkins, Ernest F. |
| 1934 | Leiserson, William |
| 1935 | Morgan, Arthur E. |
| 1936 | Overstreet, Harry |
| 1937 | Smith, Thomas |
| 1938 | Coyle, David |
| 1939 | Israel, Edward L. |
| 1940 | Douglas, Paul H. |
| 1941 | Henderson, Algo D. |
| 1942 | Henderson, Algo D. |
| 1943 | Weston, S. Burns |
| 1944 | Nash, Philip C. |
| 1945 | Leiserson, William C. |
| 1946 | Luce, Robert '46, Le Seur, Susan '46, Spofford, William '43 |
| 1947 | Black, Algernon D. |
| 1948 | Watson, Goodwin P. |
| 1949 | Chase, Stuart P. |
| 1950 | Hayakawa, S.I. |
| 1951 | Bunche, Ralph T. |
| 1952 | Holland, George |
| 1953 | Compton, Karl |
| 1954 | Kettering, Charles F. |
| 1955 | Taylor, Harold |
| 1956 | Van Doren, Mark |
| 1957 | Condon, Edward U. |
| 1958 | Pauling, Linus |
| 1959 | Barzun, Jaques |
| 1960 | Leake, Chauncey D. |
| 1961 | Humphrey, Hubert |
| 1962 | Dean, Vera Michaels |
| 1963 | Tyler, Ralph |
| 1964 | Higginbotham, Leon |
| 1965 | King, Martin Luther (Dr. King's commencement address) |
| 1966 | Kaufman, Walter |
| 1967 | Suppes, Patrick |
| 1968 | Clark, Kenneth B. |
| 1969 | Goodwin, Richard N. |
| 1970 | Goodman, Paul |
| 1971 | Jackson, Jesse |
| 1972 | Tu, Le Anth |
| 1973 | No Speaker |
| 1974 | Welsing, Frances |
| 1975 | Bond, Julian |
| 1976 | Parks, Paul |
| 1977 | Brown, Rita Mae |
| 1978 | Klein, Jim, Reichart, Julia |
| 1979 | Goldberg, Hannah |
| 1980 | Norton, Eleanor |
| 1981 | Gould, Stephen Jay |
| 1982 | King, Corretta Scott |
| 1983 | Neel, Alice |
| 1984 | Mendelsohn, Everett |
| 1985 | Lippard, Lucy |
| 1986 | Horrowitz, Frances |
| 1987 | Gamson, Zelda |
| 1988 | Law, Sylvia |
| 1989 | Lewis, John |
| 1990 | Clark, Leland |
| 1991 | Wattleton, Faye |
| 1992 | Moore, Michael |
| 1993 | Tiernan, Kip |
| 1994 | Nesbit, Rozell (Prexy) |
| 1995 | Manning, Marable |
| 1996 | Gould, Stephen Jay |
| 1997 | Masolo, Disma A. |
| 1998 | Norton, Eleanor Holmes |
| 1999 | Goldfarb, Michael |
| 2000 | Feinberg, Leslie, Abu-Jamal, Mumia (Taped Message) |
| 2001 | LaDuke, Winona |
| 2002 | Seale, Bobby |
| 2003 | Loewen, James |
| 2004 | Goodman, Amy |
| 2005 | Sims, John '90 |
| 2006 | Warnock, Rev. Raphael G. |
see also our Photo Gallery: Some Past Commencement Speakers at Antioch College