A cavalcade of Commencement speakers

When Maya Rudolph steps to the podium in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Saturday, May 16, to give the keynote address at Tulane University Commencement, she will join a long list of distinguished speakers who have addressed the university"s graduates and their guests.

From His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to U.S. Presidents George H. W. Bush and William J. Clinton, each has been memorable.

See the video, with brief clips from past Tulane Commencement ceremonies.

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