2008 Class Marshals

The marshals of the College class of 2008 gathered with classmates for the Baccalaureate service on Tuesday, June 3.

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Photograph by Jim Harrison

The marshals of the College class of 2008 gathered with classmates for the Baccalaureate service on Tuesday, June 3. They are (from left): first marshal Alexander J. “AJ” Tennant, a government concentrator from Swampscott, Massachusetts, and Winthrop House; Aditi Mallick, a social studies concentrator from Fort Lauderdale and Adams House; Karolis Balciunas, a government concentrator from Siauliai, Lithuania, and Adams House; second marshal Firth M. McEachern, an earth and planetary sciences/astronomy and astrophysics concentrator, of Fort McMurray, Alberta, and Kirkland House; Adam Goldenberg, a social studies concentrator from Vancouver, British Columbia, and Winthrop House; Lori M. Adelman, a social studies concentrator from Galloway, New Jersey, and Dunster House; Joshua C. Sharp, a government/Jewish studies concentrator, from Needham, Massachusetts, and Dunster House; and Marcus G. Miller, a mathematics concentrator from South Orange, New Jersey, and Pforzheimer House.

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