Junior named Truman Scholar
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.
“I was in the middle of a conversation with a teacher, and I figured I’d just call them back,” McCartney said. “I called back and it was President Levin.”
McCartney and the other 59 Truman Scholars across the country will...
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By (Anonymous)
12:50a.m. on March 28, 2009
congrats abby!!!
Congrats Abby! You deserve it.