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...said that Booker’s message would speak to students because “it was a chance to hear from someone who had given back to really needy communities.” Ryan said that she and the other class Marshals were looking for a speaker who like Patrick, could speak to the use of a law degree in the public interest. During his year and half in office, Booker has keep busy in his effort to curb Newark’s crime rate and establish his legacy and reputation as the city’s reformer...
...state level, the retirement of State Senator Jarrett T. Barrios ’90 set off a frantic race for the seat which included Galluccio, who has run for the seat twice before, as well as a politician from Chelsea and the son of a former State House speaker...
...spiritual leader, the Aga Khan; Yale developmental psychologist James P. Comer; Princeton art historian Wen C; Fong, Columbia neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel; federal judge Damon J. Keith, women’s historian Gerda Lerner, Stanford computer scientist John McCarthy, University of Chicago biologist Janet D. Rowley, author and commencement speaker J. K. Rowling, and former Harvard Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson...
Liberia’s “Iron Lady” returns to her alma mater today, this time participating in the commencement ceremonies from the podium, as this year’s Class Day speaker at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia, graduated from the Mason Program for international students at HKS in 1971, completing a master’s degree in public administration. She is the first black woman president in the world and the first woman elected head of any African country. “She has been a courageous fighter...
Comparing Rowling to yesterday’s Class Day speaker, Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke ’75, Professor Maria Tatar, who teaches a course on childhood, said she thinks Rowling will deliver “a witty, inspiring talk that steers clear of the subprime crisis and gas prices but will still engage with tough, real-world issues...