Harvard University will be led by a person of color for the first time in its nearly 400-year history (via CNBCMakeIt)
Claudine Gay, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, speaks during the 368th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 2019.History has been made at Harvard University, as Claudine Gay becomes the first person of color — and second woman — to be named president of the school.that for the last 16 years, Gay, 52, has taught government and African and African American Studies.
Born to Haitian immigrants, Gay reminisced on the path her parents paved that led her to pursue a career in academics. "They came to the U.S. with very little and put themselves through college while raising our family. They believe that education makes everything possible. Being an academic opened up my world, and helped me achieve a dream I could never imagine."
Gay obtained her B.A. in economics from Stanford University with honors and distinctions before earning her PhD at Harvard in 1998.
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