You've been found out, buddy. Congratulations to the rugby man!
Amherst College To Honor Eight—Including U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ’82, N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Investment Consultant H. Axel Schupf ’57—at 186th Commencement Weekend May 26 and 27
May 2, 2007
AMHERST, Mass.—Amherst College will celebrate its 186th Commencement Exercises on Memorial Day Weekend. On Saturday, May 26, graduating seniors, families and guests will hear remarks by eight honorary degree recipients, including Patrick Fitzgerald ’82, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame leak case; Joel Klein, the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education; and investment consultant H. Axel Schupf ’57, a life trustee of the college and co-chair of The Amherst College Campaign.
These distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees at Amherst College’s Commencement Exercises at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 27, along with Valerie B. Jarrett, one of Chicago’s leading policy makers and the managing director of The Habitat Company, a developer of residential apartments; Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson; chemist J. Peter Toennies ’52; Paul Yock ’73, the co-chair of the Stanford University department of bioengineering; and His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Zen, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
Patrick Fitzgerald ’82, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood. Fitzgerald attended Our Lady Help of Christians grammar school and Regis High School, a prestigious Jesuit Catholic school in Manhattan, then received a B.A. degree in economics and mathematics from Amherst College in 1982 before receiving his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1985.
After practicing civil law, Fitzgerald was named an assistant United States attorney in New York City in 1988. He handled drug-trafficking cases and in 1993 assisted in the prosecution of Mafia figure John Gambino, a capo in the Gambino crime family. In 1994, Fitzgerald successfully prosecuted the case against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others charged in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In 1996, Fitzgerald became the national security coordinator for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. There, he served on a team of prosecutors investigating Osama bin Laden. He also served as chief counsel in prosecutions related to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Fitzgerald was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in 2001. Two years later he was named special counsel in the investigation into the leak of the identity of a CIA operative; Lewis Libby, a White House aide, was convicted of four charges of lying under oath in 2006.
More about the commencement from the Amherst College website.
7 comments:
What an honor! Jackie will be proud.
I went to the vet today and I did lose some weight. Meow. >:-)
I have to go back in a couple of weeks for a teeth cleaning. >:-(
I know that Jackie would be very proud of what she calls her "little angel." ;-)
That is a honor well-deserved for a deserving person. He worked hard for what he has and it is paying off for Fitz in a positive way.
So, you went to the vet. Did the vet put you on a South Beach diet? Take it one day at a time to lose weight. Teeth cleaning? I would trade teeth cleaning for wisdom teeth extraction anytime! ;-)
The 24/7 food bowl disappeared. Now it is a handful three times a day, and it's Iams for fat cats.
The vet puts cats completely under for the teeth cleaning so they don't bite. I wouldn't bite the vet but they don't know that. So, I will get anesthesia like it is a real surgery. At least this time when they put me under, I won't be changing from a boy cat to a neuter-boy cat. >:-0 I will come out with clean teeth and all my parts intact. That is about a month from now.
Blogger acted up. A message I wrote disappeared. So here it is again.
I just realized, after Gonzo's classmates ripped on him, I bet Harvard does not schedule any honors for him after that.
Maybe Harvard Law will schedule something for the Rugby Man in the future.
"Maybe Harvard Law will schedule something for the Rugby Man in the future."
Well that is good. It may be when Gonzo is gone. And that would be a slap in the face to Gonzo if the rugby man received honors from Harvard and the man that is his boss doesn't. And this is the same USA got a so-so performance review that was possible on the target list for firing. ;-)
And that iws good that you owner is feeding you three times a day. That is enough for you. Good luck on your teeth cleaning and I am sure that your owner will take good care of you.
p.s. Notice that Condi never received any award, nor asked as a speaker, nor invited to the NAACP. Gee I wonder why... ;-)
I think she got an invite to the Ferragmo frequent customer shoe sale.
>;-)
"I think she got an invite to the Ferragmo frequent customer shoe sale."
And if the Gerbil decides to cut ties with his buddy, Condi, look for invite and a coupon at Payless for Condi. >;-)
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