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Amazon.com CEO Bezos ’86 delivers 2010 Baccalaureate address

Written by Nan Hu, Senior Writer
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos ’86 opened the University’s 263rd Baccalaureate address with a story from his childhood. After watching a public service announcement about the health effects of smoking, he calculated that his grandmother’s ...

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  • 11:31 p.m. on May 30th, 2010
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    2010

    This was the most cliched and underwhelming speech I have ever heard. Oh, so it's our choices that determine whether we succeed?

  • 6:12 a.m. on May 31st, 2010
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    ?

    did bezos double major in ELE and COS?

  • 2:43 p.m. on May 31st, 2010
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    PMAC

    Did PMAC get a shout out after that smoking story?

  • 3:36 p.m. on May 31st, 2010
    Posted by
    John Turing

    Am I correct in assuming that for some reason, none of the major Commencement 2010 events are being Webcast Live, as in past years?

    Go to the Commencement site, and you can buy a video of 2009, but if you don't have a ticket for Baccalaureate, Class Day, or Commencement, tough.

    As the world becomes more and more digital, someone decides the drop this service which has been a useful portal into Commencement events.

    Sad.

  • 5:23 p.m. on May 31st, 2010
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    @?

    I'm pretty sure that they were one major back in 1986. I seriously doubt COS had its own major back then.

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