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Honored At Hartwick; Mele Quads Graduate

The Mele quadruplets of Long Island – Erin, Grace, Danny and Bobby – stand with Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich on the stage after receiving their diplomas from the college. The four marked a first for Hartwick, the first set of graduating quadruplets to graduate in the colleges' 217 years
The Mele quadruplets of Long Island – Erin, Grace, Danny and Bobby – stand with Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich on the stage after receiving their diplomas Saturday, May 24, on Oyaron Hill. The four marked a first for Hartwick: the first set of quadruplets to graduate in the college’s 217 years. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)

Also at Hartwick’s graduation, President Drugovich bestowed honorary doctorates on the commencement speaker, David H. Long ’83, Chairman and CEO of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, and Stanford Phelps P’86, Chairman of S.N. Phelps & Co., Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., and Clear Springs Land Company.   Hartwick’s Val Capullo recaps

 

 

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