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...celebrated History and Literature’s 100th anniversary. The event featured talks and panel discussions with graduates of the program, including New York Times columnist Frank Rich ’71, New Yorker staff writer Nicholas B. Lemann ’76, and former Clinton administration speechwriter Edward Widmer...
...Widmer, who helped guide the writing of Clinton’s autobiography “My Life,” said the program was “the perfect place to study if you didn’t know what to study...
...program’s rigorous scholarship “kept saving him,” Widmer noted, recalling how his knowledge of an arcane fact from class impressed Clinton, who subsequently sought his advice on “My Life...
Commenting on the rigor of these oral examinations, Widmer tied other panelists’ interest in combatting torture to the History and Literature requirement that still exists today. “Our interest in human rights and torture probably stems from the oral exam,” he joked...
...Widmer also read aloud the prepared remarks of an alumnus who could not be in attendance—talk-show host Conan C. O’Brien...