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...dinner. She accepted, or so Sessions thought, and a press release went out. But there was apparently a miscommunication in Palin World between Washington and Alaska advisers, because as it turned out, the 2008 vice presidential nominee had a conflict and said she might not be able to attend. In the meantime, Sessions and his Senate counterpart Senator John Cornyn cast around for another keynote speaker and decided on Newt Gingrich. The former speaker accepted, the invitations were printed, and everything looked set. (See pictures of Palin on the campaign trail...
...keynote speaker when the event was first announced," said NRCC spokesman Ken Spain. "A great deal of effort has been put into this fundraising event, and Speaker Gingrich has gone above and beyond the call of duty. It is our hope that Governor Palin will attend the dinner and be recognized, but we understand if her busy schedule doesn't permit her to do so." (See pictures of polarizing politicians at LIFE.com...
Kathlene S. G. Joo ’11, a sophomore in Eliot House, died suddenly on the morning of May 3. Friends said that she combined a love for athletics and academics during her time at Harvard. Hoping to attend medical school, the Pittsburgh, Pa. native studied neurobiology at the College, and worked to complete the pre-med curriculum. Outside of lab and lectures, Joo stayed involved in the medical community as a member of the Harvard Cancer Society, with which she regularly volunteered at Massachusetts General Hospital. But Joo’s other passion was rugby, the rough...
...world of university investment management that she has come to love.Jane Lisa Mendillo was born in 1959 in New Britain, Conn. Her father served as an executive for a medical technology company while her mother stayed home to care for Mendillo and her two brothers and two sisters. She attended the local public school and was passionate about classical music—an avocation that she still pursues today—and participated in orchestra, band, choir, and school musicals.Mendillo pursued her undergraduate studies at Yale, where she dabbled in writing for the Yale Daily News and earned a degree...
...scholar who has written a lot about soldiers.” Faust prefaced her comments with the announcement that Harvard will join the GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Education Program next fall, which will provide substantial financial assistance for up to 150 military veterans to attend Harvard College, the Extension School, or one of Harvard’s graduate schools. The tuition assistance provided by Harvard will be matched by the federal government. ROTC has not been welcome at Harvard since 1969, when it was expelled from campus following student demonstrations against the Vietnam War. Currently, Harvard students who participate...