Source: https://www.mskcc.org/blog/first-four-students-receive-doctoral-degrees-gerstner-graduate-school-biomedical-sciences
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 10:40:45+00:00

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Louis Gerstner (third from left) is joined by Kenneth Marians and Craig Thompson, along with the first four graduates of the school that bears Mr. Gerstner’s name (from left): James Dowdle, Dimiter Tassev, Semanti Mukhurjee, and Eric Alonzo.
As part of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 33rd annual academic convocation on May 11, the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded PhDs to four graduates.
Congratulations to the first graduating class of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center!
As part of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 33rd annual academic convocation on May 11, the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded PhD degrees to James A. Dowdle, Semanti Mukherjee, Dimiter V. Tassev, and Eric S. Alonzo. The diplomas were given by Memorial Sloan Kettering President and CEO Craig B. Thompson, as well as two of the school’s pioneers: Provost Thomas J. Kelly, who is also Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute, and Dean Kenneth J. Marians.
(From left) Commencement participants Sloan Kettering Institute Director Thomas Kelly and Dean of the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Kenneth Marians.
National Cancer Institute Director Harold Varmus delivers the Commencement address.
Eric Alonzo delivers remarks on behalf of his fellow Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences graduates.
The Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences admitted its first students – including Dr. Alonzo – in 2006. The school was founded to advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge by educating creative and motivated students in an interactive, innovative, and collegial environment. Today, more than 50 students at the school are engaged in graduate thesis work in the laboratories of Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers. Enrollment continues to remain steady, with a new class of 11 students beginning the program in July.
At the ceremony, the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. School of Biomedical Sciences also presented honorary doctor of science degrees to Mr. Gerstner and to former Memorial Sloan Kettering President Harold Varmus. Dr. Varmus, now Director of the National Cancer Institute, received the Memorial Sloan Kettering Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Biomedical Research and delivered the Commencement’s keynote address.

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