salutatorian(n = noun.person) salutatory speaker - a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises; Array
is a kind of bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student

   The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [1913 Webster]