Commencement Speakers & Honorary Degree Recipients

*Rensselaer president

Title	Commencement Speakers	Honorary Degree Recipients
April 26, 1826	Dr. Lewis C. Beck	None
June 29, 1827	Orville L. Holley	None
July 9, 1862	Nathan S.S. Beman *	None
July 8, 1863	Nathan S.S. Beman *	None
June 29, 1864	George Gould Judge	None
July 6, 1865	John Flack Winslow *	None
July 3, 1866	John Flack Winslow *	None
July 2, 1867	John Flack Winslow *	None
June 30, 1868	Thomas C. Brinsmade *	None
June 23, 1869	William J. McAlpine	None
June 21, 1870	R. W. Raymond Commissioner of Mines	None
June 28, 1871	James Forsyth *	None
June 26, 1872	James Forsyth *	None
June 17, 1873	James Forsyth *	None
June 17, 1874	James Forsyth *	None
June 16, 1875	James Forsyth *	None
June 14, 1876	James Forsyth *	None
June 13, 1877	Alfred P. Boller '61, AM, CE	None
June 12, 1878	James Forsyth *	None
June 16, 1880	Francis Collingwood '55, C.E.	None
June 15, 1881	Clarkson N. Potter '43	None
June 14, 1882	C.E. Patterson	Luiz da R. Diaz Degree Received C.E. Charles H. Fisher Degree Received C.E.
June 18, 1884	Rev. Charles Wood	James A. Booth Degree Received Ph.D. William B. Cogswell Degree Received C.E.
June 17, 1885	Alfred P. Boller '61, AM, CE	None
June 16, 1886	Capt. Robert Woolston Hunt	None