Bicentennial Medals Presentation

HONOREES:

David S. Paresky ’60
A travel industry pioneer who, with his wife Linda, turned their two-employee agency into a $2 billion global enterprise, Paresky is an equally visionary
and effective philanthropist.

Norman P. Spack ’65
An internationally recognized pediatric endocrinologist, Spack co-founded a groundbreaking clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital for intersex and transgender youth and their families.

Charles N. Waigi ’72
Waigi is founding director of the Jeremy Academy in his hometown of Limuru, Kenya—a school nationally acclaimed for its financially impoverished students’ educational attainments.

Kathleen A. Merrigan ’82
Deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Merrigan is widely regarded as the moving force behind the development of federal organic food standards.

Erin I. Burnett ’98
Currently the host of CNN’s primetime show Erin Burnett OutFront, Burnett is a television journalist who also reported for NBC News, CNBC, and MSNBC.