March 21, 2012
New York, New York
Interviewing finalists from Rhode Island and New York
Roosevelt House
East 65th St.
New York City, NY
This panel will convene at 9:00 a.m.
For the past several years, the Truman Scholars Association (an organization of Truman Scholar alumni) has hosted pre-interview dinners in the interview cities the night prior to the finalist interviews. The dinners are informal, fun, optional events (interview panelists do not attend). Invited to the dinners are incoming Truman Scholar candidates as well as older Truman Scholars from the area. The dinner locations are chosen at relatively inexpensive restaurants close to the venue where the students will be interviewed, and each person attending the dinner covers his or her own meal and transportation expenses.
The New York City finalist dinner host is Ryan Merola. Please contact him at ryan.merola@gmail.com to RSVP.
Panel Members
Terry Babcock-Lumish -- Newman Director of Public Policy, Roosevelt House, Hunter College; 1996 Truman Scholar
Rich Constable -- Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; 1993 Truman Scholar
Thomas Griesa, Chair -- Judge, US District Court
John King -- Commissioner of Education, State of New York; 1995 Truman Scholar
Joseph McShane -- President, Fordham University
Lisette Nieves -- Belle Zeller Distinguished Visiting Professor at Brooklyn College; 1990 Truman Scholar
Jeffrey Toobin -- Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Senior Analyst, CNN; 1980 Truman Scholar
Tara Yglesias, Secretary -- Deputy Executive Secretary, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 1993 Truman Scholar