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Abby McCartney ’10 is one of 60 Truman Scholars nationwide, and the only Eli. The prize is generally given to students committed to public service.
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Abby McCartney ’10 is one of 60 Truman Scholars nationwide, and the only Eli. The prize is generally given to students committed to public service.

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When Abby McCartney ’10 decided not to answer a call from an unknown number Wednesday during her internship at the John S. Martinez School in New Haven, she had no idea that she was accidentally giving the cold shoulder to University President Richard Levin. Levin, as it turns out, was trying to inform her that she had been named a 2008-’09 Truman Scholar.

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