Graduation speakers

Can you hear the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" yet? We're starting to hear about commencement plans at area colleges.

UCLA got a big name, in fact one of the biggest: Former President Bill Clinton is to speak at the commencement ceremony for the College of Letters and Science on June 13.

At USC, Walt Disney Co. President Robert Iger will deliver the commencement address May 16. Congressman John Campbell (R-Irvine), commentator Arianna Huffington and actress Geena Davis are among those scheduled to speak at the satellite ceremonies.

At Pomona College, graduates and their families will hear from Alex Gibney, a producer and director who won the 2008 Academy Award for best documentary for "Taxi to the Dark Side," the story of a taxi driver picked up by the U.S. military in Afghanistan. Gibney is the son of the late Frank Gibney, who founded the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona.

And Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be the commencement speaker at Occidental College on May 18.

-- Mary MacVean