IN CLOSING: Make Good Art!

Monday, November 19th, 2012
I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: Alan Alda

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
When my daughter, Eve, was small, every dinner conversation would go roughly the same way. I would introduce... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: The Aroma of the New

Monday, March 26th, 2012
I am grateful to be given this honour: an honour that is symbolic of the commitment to the arts that Belhaven... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: An Undelivered Speech

Monday, February 27th, 2012
It was a clear and crisp day, full of hope and potential, when Kurt Vonnegut stood at the pulpit to give... Read More >>

Best of In Closing 2011

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
“I have chosen as the focus for my remarks, the topic of ‘One Human Family.’ The circumstances of the last several years... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: E. O. Wilson

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Dr. Edward O. Wilson's groundbreaking research and original thinking have changed the way humans think... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: Salvador Dali

Monday, October 17th, 2011
Dali’s works are meant to intoxicate a viewer, and they enchantingly do, offering an experience provoked by surreal images... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: Matt Damon

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
I flew overnight from Vancouver to be with you today. I landed in New York a few hours ago and caught... Read More >>

In Closing: Dr. Lance Edward de Masi

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
My first words are to HH Sh. Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Each year for the last fourteen, Your... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: Steve Jobs

Monday, May 23rd, 2011
I am honoured to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in... Read More >>

IN CLOSING: Conan O’Brien

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
IN CLOSING: I’d like to begin by thanking the class marshals for inviting me here today. The last time I... Read More >>