Joseph W. Polisi, CLAS ’69, president of The Julliard School, grew up in Queens, the son of a ballet dancer and the principal bassoonist of the New York Philharmonic, who taught him to play the bassoon.
CLAS commencement was held in Gampel Pavilion on May 11, 2008. Rebecca Lobo, CLAS ’95, was the speaker, and Gary S. Gladstein, CLAS ’66, who had received an honorary doctorate the previous day at the graduate ceremony, attended. Click here for more.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has nearly 75,000 alumni, most of them living in Connecticut.
In 2007, 2,197 students earned a bachelor’s degree from CLAS, 307 earned a master’s, and 157 earned a PhD.
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Joseph W. Polisi, CLAS ’69, president of The Julliard School, grew up in Queens, the son of a ballet dancer and the principal bassoonist of the New York Philharmonic, who taught him to play the bassoon. 
