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Ari Shapiro

Citation Mr. President, I have the great honor of presenting Mr. Ari Shapiro, an award-winning journalist, a host of NPR’s flagship news program, All Things Considered, and a source of sharp-eyed truth at a time when clarity and courage are needed to deliver an honest narrative of America and beyond. Mr. Shapiro, you have filed stories from…
Esther Duflo

Citation Mr. President, I have the great honor of presenting Dr. Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President of the Paris School of Economics, and a Nobel Prize-winning economist who has given us a candid, unsparing, and ultimately hopeful approach toward reducing global…
Robert D. Putnam

Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Dr. Robert D. Putnam, the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, renowned scholar, political scientist, and prolific author who throughout his long and distinguished career has awakened us to the troubling reality of an America whose citizens have grown disengaged from one another,…
Mary Frances Berry

Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Dr. Mary Frances Berry, who throughout her distinguished and inspiring career has been a ferocious champion of racial and social justice here and abroad; an accomplished author, lawyer, historian, and professor; and a vital civil rights leader who has partnered with, and sometimes defied, U.S. presidents…
Libérat Mfumukeko, MBA ’94

Citation President Fithian, I have the honor of presenting Ambassador Libérat Mfumukeko, former Secretary General of the East African Community, presidential adviser, economist and CEO, and proud alumnus of Clark’s School of Management. Ambassador Mfumukeko, you are a true champion for the people of East Africa. Fueled by your personal history as a child refugee…
Hauwa Ibrahim

To mark the 75th anniversary of the first class of undergraduate women admitted to Clark in 1942, all three recipients in 2018 — Commencement speaker Hauwa Ibrahim, Susan Hanson, and Christine Ortiz — were women. Citation Ms. Ibrahim, you have defied traditional norms since you were a young teen, when you left home for boarding…
Linda Greenhouse

Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Linda Greenhouse, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Senior Fellow at Yale Law School. Ms. Greenhouse, you spent thirty of your forty years at The New York Times reporting on the United States Supreme Court, balancing your own liberal views with fair, objective…
Harriette Chandler, M.A. ’63, Ph.D. ’73

Citation President Angel, it is my honor to present Harriette Chandler, Massachusetts Senate Majority Leader and an esteemed alumna of Clark University. Senator Chandler, in a 22-year career on Beacon Hill, you have worked tirelessly to give voice to those who often go unheard, their needs ignored. Your staunch advocacy in the areas of health…
Catalina Escobar ’93

Citation Mr. President, it is my honor to present Catalina Escobar ’93, founder and president of the Juan Felipe Gómez Escobar Foundation and a champion for the most vulnerable in Cartagena, Colombia. Ms. Escobar, you were propelled on your life’s mission by the devastating loss of your young son, Juan Felipe. Through the foundation you…
Cynthia Enloe

Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Cynthia H. Enloe, Research Professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment at Clark University. Professor Enloe, after serving on the faculty as an Associate Professor of Political Science at Miami University, you joined the Clark faculty in the Department of Government as an…

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