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Why I’m Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale

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Why I’m Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale
A statue of Nathan Hale, a Yale University class of 1773 graduate, with his hands and ankles bound with rope and the inscription “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” is in front of Hale's former dormitory Connecticut Hall on the college's campus in New Haven, Conn., on Dec. 4, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo
Katrina Lantos Swett
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I graduated from Yale University in 1974. As a first-generation American, the child of Holocaust survivors, and among the first women admitted to this incredible school, it is hard to adequately express how grateful I was for this opportunity. I have enjoyed returning to campus frequently over the years, including watching two of my own children graduate from Yale.

Katrina Lantos Swett
Katrina Lantos Swett
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Katrina Lantos Swett, J.D., is the former chair and now committee member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). In 2008, she established the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice and serves as its President and CEO. She teaches human rights and American foreign policy at Tufts University.