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...given it up ages ago. It definitely does have its hard times, but it is in essence a fun sport." Kendall is New Zealand's most successful female Olympian. She won the inaugural women's boardsailing competition at the 1992 Barcelona Games, and followed it up with a silver medal in Atlanta and a bronze in Sydney. In a small, sailing-mad country, Kendall has managed to remain a "golden girl" after almost two decades on the professional circuit. "There is pressure on me, but it's not intense pressure," she says of the build-up to Athens...
...ambassador of the organization for years, she first joined Right to Play four years ago when Nikki Stone, a U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning aerialist, convinced her to sign...
Carter co-founded the National Conference of Black Lawyers and received the Federal Bar Council’s Emory Buckner Medal. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln University and law degrees from Howard and Columbia. Carter will receive a Doctor of Laws degree today...
...presently artistic director of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company, répétiteur of the George Balanchine Trust and professor of dance at Florida State University. Last year Farrell received the National Medal of Arts. Today, Harvard will award her the honorary Doctor of Arts degree...
Wilson received his Ph.D. in biology from Harvard in 1955 and was appointed assistant professor the next year. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Wilson its Crafoord Prize for his work in ecology in 1990, and Wilson won the National Medal of Science...