Leading their class into Tercentenary Theatre on June 10 will be this year's senior class marshals, elected by their peers in early October. Marching for Harvard will be Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (first marshal), of Washington, D.C., and Lowell House; Selamawi Haileab Asgedom, of Wheaton, Ill., and Pforzheimer House; Kimble Poon, of Atlanta and Mather House; and Nicholas K. Davis, of Fairfax, Va., and Quincy House. Radcliffe's counterparts are Tally Zingher (first marshal), of Great Neck, N.Y., and Leverett House; Janté-Charee Santos, of Philadelphia and Kirkland House; Elizabeth Drogin, of Barrington, R.I., and Lowell House; and Janhavi M. Kirtane, of Franklin, Tenn., and Cabot House.
Besides their duties at Commencement, class marshals also help appoint the stewards of their class's communication lines and purse strings. Nineteen ninety-nine's officers are class secretary Peter S. Manasantivongs, of Cypress, Cal., and Eliot House; class treasurer Sharmil Satish Modi, of North Royalton, Ohio, and Leverett House; and class gift cochairs Jonathan C. Locker, of New York City and Winthrop House, and Ann Schneider, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Dunster House.