May 1, 2005

The Senior Marshals

The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2005, are: (clockwise from top left) first marshal Caleb Franklin, of Leverett House and Los...

From The May-June 2005 Issue

The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2005, are: (clockwise from top left) first marshal Caleb Franklin, of Leverett House and Los Angeles; Sheria Smith, of Winthrop House and Gary, Indiana; Duncan Graham Wells, of Leverett House and Chevy Chase, Maryland; Silvia Scandar, of Kirkland House and Miami; Mahmoud Youssef, of Cabot House and Staten Island, New York; Dominique Nong, of Dunster House and Redlands, California; and Michael Kalin, of Leverett House and Sioux City, Iowa. Missing from the photograph is Lacey Whitmire, of Currier House and Watkinsville, Georgia.

Photograp by Stu Rosner

Published in the May-June 2005 print issue in the John Harvard's Journal section.

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