STAFF EDITORIAL: Commencement speakers

· Madeleine Albright The first woman to serve as secretary of state, Albright is a role model to those considering careers in public service and an inspiration to those who have found or will find themselves doing the unprecedented. · Kofi Annan The first United Nations secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa, Annan has restored a sense of purpose to the body through his championing of international intervention and reasoned critiques of isolationist aloofness. · Michael J. Fox Once a teenager with whom we traveled through time, the actor's daily battle with Parkinson's disease now makes him a hero of another sort. Fox has inspired us by using celebrity to raise awareness of Parkinson's. · Katherine Graham Publisher of The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine, Graham has played a central role in shaping American history on more than one occasion. She has forever altered our conception of the United States government and of the media itself. · Steve Jobs The pioneering co-founder of Apple Computer, Jobs remains an insightful and inspirational speaker on the challenges and opportunities of the information age. · Nelson Mandela Mandela's principled activism and quiet dignity place him among the world's great statesmen, and make the former South African president an inspiration to our generation as well as our parents'. · Gabriel Garc'a M