Harlem Children Society Ceremony (videos )

Special Performance

* Simplicity: sounds of Brooklyn

Guest Speakers

* Dr. Sat Bhattacharya; Founder, President & CEO of Harlem Children Society & President of Rockefeller University Chapter of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

* Dr. Sidney Altman, Nobel Laureate, Physiology & Medicine, 1989

* Dr. Samuel L. Stanley, President of Stonybrook University

* NY Congressional Member Charlie Rangel, 15th District

* NY State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., 33rd Sen. District

* NY State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer, 37th Sen. District

* NY Assembly Member Jonathan Bing, 73rd Assem. District

* NY Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried, 75th Assem. District

* NY Assembly Member Felix Ortiz, 51st Assem. District

* NY Assembly Member Carl E. Heastie, 83rd Assem. District

* NYC Council Member Helen Diane Foster, 16th District

* NYC Council Member Robert Jackson, 7th District

* NYC Council Member Letitia James, 35th District

* Honorable Mrs. Uma Sengupta, Leader, 27th District of NYC

Special Guests

* Ms. Barbara Zarou, MD, Science Coordinator, Bronx Health Sciences High School, Bronx, NY

* Dr. Mary Lee-Wong, MD, Allergist & Immunologist, Beth Israel Medical Center

* Professor Robin W. Briehl, Professor of Physiology & Biophysics; Assistant Professor of Medicine & Professor of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

* Mrs. Kennedy Benjamin (Wife/Chief of Staff of Councilman Michael Benjamin)

Student Guests

* Rodney Agnant, HCS Class of 2006; proceeding to Colgate University