Hillary Clinton's running mate and the former Virginia governor was a graduate of Harvard Law School. Beyond getting an education, the vice presidential hopeful also met the woman he would eventually marry — Anne Holton — at the school. Harvard Law wasn't always a smooth experience for Kaine, though.
He started in but took a break after his first year, spending nine months as a Christian missionary in Honduras. Facebook 's chief operating officer enrolled at Harvard in , long before her future boss stepped foot onto the school's campus. She graduated summa cum laude in with a degree in economics and was the winner of the John H. Williams Prize, which is given to the top graduating student in that field. Her thesis advisor was future Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
She recently returned to her alma mater, where she gave a stirring speech about overcoming tragedy. Before joining Facebook, she was a vice president at Google. Now a billionaire, she is the founder of the Lean In Foundation. The founder of Facebook famously dropped out of Harvard in his senior year to focus on the fast-growing social network he developed in room H33 of Harvard's Kirkland House.
He announced his decision in an interview with The Harvard Crimson when he was on campus in , attempting to recruit other students to join his company. Among those was future wife Priscilla Chan, to whom he offered the job when she walked by as he spoke with the paper's reporter.
The Harvard Crimson has called Gates "Harvard's most successful dropout" — and it's easy to see why. The founder of Microsoft left Harvard in after just two years.
In his short time at the school, though, he made a key acquaintance: Steve Ballmer, who would join Gates and Paul Allen at the software company in In , Harvard honored its most famous dropout, giving him an honorary law degree. Skip Navigation. Barack Obama D-Ill. President George W. Steve Ballmer, former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. Ahmed, a former member of the Harvard Graduate Council, helped pass memorandums through the Council earlier this year that urged the University to extend access to existing email accounts, which have full functionality, to support graduates in job searches and networking opportunities — a service many peer institutions currently provide.
In fact, issues with the forwarding functionality were part of the reason HAA decided to shut down the service, according to its website. If this happens, the alumni help desk will not be able to fix or troubleshoot this problem. Though the University working group will aim to provide a better solution, Kumar said he was not sure what form that might take.
Harvard Graduate Council President Peter Choi acknowledged that some students are not aware of the issues with mail forwarding and the hurdles to providing fully functioning emails for graduates. Harvard Extension School student Andrew Pham said having a Harvard alumni email makes job searches easier. Choi said he and others across the University are conducting research to explore alternative services in an effort to help the working group this fall. Benefits and Resources Explore the benefits and services made available to Harvard alumni from across the University.
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