University News | May 25, 2011

Vice President Joseph R. Biden makes an appearance at Class Day

Vice President Joseph R. Biden makes an appearance at Class Day.

**Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with his niece, Alana Biden, in Tercentenary Theatre** | Photograph by Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office

**Biden walks with his former deputy press secretary, AnnMarie Tomasini, who is now director for intergovernmental relations in Harvard's office of public affairs and communications.** | Photograph by Jim Harrison

Amid all the pomp and circumstance on Wednesday, a different kind of procession was spotted: a Secret Service cavalcade accompanying Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., whose niece, Alana Biden, is a member of the College class of 2011. Biden also greeted a former staff member, AnnMarie Tomasini, who is now director of intergovernmental relations in Harvard's office of public affairs and communications. Vice President Biden earlier attended a luncheon meeting in Boston on neuroscience research.

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