Overview
- O’Brien will address the Class of 2026 during the Morning Exercises in Tercentenary Theatre on May 28.
- Harvard will confer an honorary degree on O’Brien during the Commencement ceremony.
- President Alan M. Garber praised the selection, calling O’Brien “a singular and outstanding American humorist.”
- The 1985 alumnus rose from writing for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons to nearly three decades in late-night television, and he now leads a popular interview podcast and travel series.
- A two-term Harvard Lampoon president, O’Brien previously spoke at the College’s 2000 Class Day and at Harvard’s 2020 virtual graduation.