Plácido Domingo and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Photograph by Stu Rosner
At the Morning Exercises, Harvard President Drew Faust conferred an honorary degree on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, L ’59. Fellow honorand Plácido Domingo sang the end of the conferral to her. View a video here:
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