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2,500 graduate Queens College

About 2,500 Queens College seniors took part in the school’s 87th commencement exercises last Thursday on the quadrangle at the Flushing campus. Speaking to the graduates was John Bryant, founder of Operation HOPE, which offers residents of Los Angeles a way out of poverty. Bryant said Freedom Rider Andrew Goodman, a Queens College student who was killed in 1964, “lives on in the hearts and minds and DNA of the college community.” Also participating in the event were nine members of the class of 1941, there to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their graduation. Receiving honorary degrees were Queens College graduates Harold Rosenbaum of SUNY Buffalo, an accomplished choral conductor, and Dr. Leo Chalupa, a neuroscientist and chief researcher at George Washington University. The student speaker was Anita Sonawane of Fresh Meadows, who graduated summa cum laude. — Liz Rhoades

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Members of the class of 1941, above, participated in last weekÕs graduation ceremony at Queens College.

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Some of the 2,500 graduates throw up their mortarboards at the end of the ceremony.

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Commencement speaker John Bryant offered a message of hope to graduates.

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Graduate Marina Guthenberg and her children, Christian and Sofia, share a group hug.