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Today, Jennings serves as the Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education. And most recently, he was elected by his class to be Chief Marshal at the 25th reunion this spring.
In his graduation speech, Jennings asked his classmates to consider whether a Harvard education was a privilege or a responsibility.
For Jennings, an education at Harvard was a mandate to help less-privileged people, he said.
Lee, however, says he plans to have monthly dinners with students in Eliot House—his friend and stem cell guru Douglas Melton was recently appointed House Master—and possibly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as well.
Through the efforts of our entire community, we were able to make many changes for the better, and I am proud to report that our commitment to our core mission of teaching, learning, and research has only become stronger. A Harvard education, for both our graduate and undergraduate students, remains...