<p>June, 2003:
Newly appointed Dean of Harvard Law School Elena Kagan will be this year’s honored alumna at the graduation ceremony for the 186 students of Hunter College High School’s class of 2003. The commencement will be held Thursday, June 26 at 5 p.m. at Hunter College’s Assembly Hall in the North Building on 69th Street between Lexington and Park avenues.</p>
<p>Kagan, a member of the Hunter High School class of 1977, was appointed Dean of Harvard Law School in April. She will be the first woman to hold the job in the law school’s 186-year history. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Kagan served as a clerk to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She taught at the University of Chicago before moving to Washington where she held several jobs in President Clinton’s administration. Kagan has taught at Harvard Law School since 1999.</p>
<p>Also addressing the Hunter High School graduates will be City Council member Eva Moskowitz and Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab.</p>
<p>This year’s class features 54 students named National Merit Finalists and six National Achievement Finalists. In addition, 25% of the graduates will be attending Ivy League schools: 12 will be going to Harvard, three to Yale, six to Cornell, five to Princeton, six to the University of Pennsylvania, five to Columbia, two to Brown and five to Dartmouth; two students are headed to Stanford and two are going to MIT…"
Check out the interesting profiles of some of their Ivy-bound students.
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