Hunter
College
Lew Frankfort, the chairman and CEO of Coach, Inc. received an honorary doctor
of humane letters at Hunter’s graduation. He is a 1967 graduate of Hunter
College. CBS News’ senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield delivered the
commencement address.
Among those honored at Hunter’s graduation were the class salutatorian, Natalya
Berezovskaya, who is graduating with a major in biochemistry and a 3.99 GPA.
She was 7 years old when she and her family were forced to leave Moscow to
escape rampant anti-Semitism and political unrest from the collapse of the
Soviet Union. When they arrived in New York, Natalya spoke no English. While
studying at Hunter full-time she also volunteered at hospitals throughout the
city and developed a passion to become a doctor. This fall, Natalya will attend
Stony Brook medical school on a prestigious Jonas Salk Scholarship, which she
won for her outstanding research on DNA and the etiology of severals types of
cancers.
