Ms. Fiorina sent e-mails to all graduating MIT students asking for input on what to say in her Commencement address. But just about everyone, she said, agreed that she shouldn't talk longer than the allotted 20 minutes. I didn't expect to be a CEO at all. The most magical and the most important ingredient in the transformed landscape is people. Technology is only as valuable as the use to which it is put.
Technology is about people.
Because some students earn more than one degree, this is slightly higher than the number of graduates. They included 709 women and 543 minorities. The School of Engineering awarded 1,279 degrees, followed by the Sloan School of Management with 528, the School of Science with 368, the School of Architecture and Planning with 135, and the School of Humanities and Social Science with 119. The Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology conferred nine degrees. Other speakers were Luis Ortiz, president of the Graduate Student Council, and Hugo Barra, president of the Class of 2000.