Local Korean American To Head Harvard
Student Body
From
Chosun Ilbo
By Kim Jae-ho
Lee Sujean, a Korean-American and a junior majoring in biology, was elected
president of the Undergraduate Council at Harvard University on December
12. It is the first time that an Asian-American will be a student government
leader at the world's most prestigious school.
On the day following the election, The Harvard Crimson, the university
newspaper, reported that Lee defeated the two other candidates by a "wide
margin."
Her victory is especially noteworthy since Lee and her running mate Anne
M. Ferdandez, a Cuban American, are the first female pair to lead Harvard's
undergraduate student body since the student council instituted popular
election seven years ago.
A native of New York, Lee graduated from Stuyvesant High School, a renowned
public school in Manhattan, and served as vice president of the student
council last year.
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