Graduating high school students with Ivy League caliber academic records have given the Honors College a closer look as a result, and this has had a trickle-down effect in improving the image of CUNY as a whole, which prior to the inception of the HC had been criticized as ' an institution adrift ' by the Giuliani administration.

Graduating from Fargo Central High in 1952 and then graduating with a degree in music from Swarthmore College in 1957, he was the first student at Swarthmore and the only student in his class with such a degree.

Graduating from the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, Darin won a scholarship to attend Hunter College ; he dropped out in order to play small nightclubs around the city with a musical combo.

Graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science.

Graduating with a first-class in classics, he was elected fellow of Oriel, and, after holding assistant professorships at Durham, Glasgow and St Andrews, was appointed professor of Greek at St Andrews ( 1857 ).

Graduating with first-class honors in 1773, Nathan became a teacher, first in East Haddam and later in New London.

Graduating from Harvard with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1916, Conant served in the U. S. Army during World War I, working on the development of poison gases.

Graduating from the Palanga Pre-Gymnasium in 1893, he passed his entrance examinations into the Samogitian Diocesan Seminary in Kaunas, with thoughts of becoming a Catholic priest, but various circumstances soon thereafter changed these plans, and he enrolled at Jelgava Gymnasium ( high school ) in Latvia.

Graduating in 1951 with a bachelor ’ s degree in general engineering, he would later invent a heart valve and various medical devices that have been credited with saving thousands of lives.

Graduating from one year to the next is automatic, and pupils with deficient performance are given remedial tutoring.

Graduating in 1973, he went on to gain his doctorate in 1978 with a thesis on finite H-spaces, and remained at Oxford University as a mathematics lecturer until 1981, when he became a professional chess player.

Graduating with a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 2003, she began post-graduate work in cybernetics, learning to construct positronic brains such that responses to given stimuli could be accurately predicted.

Graduating in 1930, Caniff began at the Columbus Dispatch where he worked with the noted cartoonist Billy Ireland, but Caniff's position was eliminated during the Great Depression.

Graduating from A & M with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968, he went on to earn a Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning in 1970 from A & M as well.

Graduating from the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy in 1902, Gapon became a religious teacher at the St. Olga children's orphanage in 1900 and became involved in working with factory workers and families impoverished by unemployment.

Graduating with a BA Hons in 1950, Hennessy embarked on a tour throughout the Middle East, finishing at Ankara, capital of Turkey where Hennessy held the inaugural student scholarship at the newly-created British School of Archaeology in Ankara .< ref name =" Bourke ">

Graduating from South Carolina College in 1813, he was admitted to the bar in 1814, and went into partnership with Eldred Simkins at Edgefield.

Graduating in 1873, by 1874 he was professor of natural science with responsibility for the teaching of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering.

Graduating with a master's degree in surgery, Leblanc opened a medical practice.

Graduating in 1948 with a Juris Doctor magna cum laude, he founded and worked as a real estate attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP until 1965.

Graduating with a degree in Natural Sciences ( Geology ).

Graduating with an M. S.

Graduating from his plastic saxophone to a real instrument in 1962, Bowie formed his first band at the age of 15.

Graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1877, Patton's father served as Los Angeles County, California, District Attorney and the first City Attorney for the city of Pasadena, California and the first mayor of San Marino, California.

Graduating tenth in the class of 1868, Thompson first went to sea in Contoocook in the West Indian Squadron.

Graduating in 1971, he was a star player in the state ’ s first annual Blue-Gold All-Star high school football game played every August at the University of Delaware stadium.

Graduating in 1902, he stayed at the state university for the first year of law school but moved to Georgetown University, then to Yale, where he finished work on his law degree and won the praise of the dean.

Graduating from major junior, Brière split his first four seasons in the NHL between the Phoenix Coyotes – the new incarnation of the former Jets – and their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate, the Springfield Falcons.

Graduating in 1908, he returned to Belfast to pursue a writing career ; his first book, The Kingdom of Twilight, had been published in 1904.

Graduating in 1951, he came to France to continue his higher education in literature, first at Aix-en-Provence, then at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Graduating from Central St Martin's in June 1994 with a BA in Fashion Design and Printed Textiles, his first job following graduation was a freelance design project with Marni.

Graduating a year later, he became a contract player for the studio and made his first appearance in Lady General Hua Mulan.

Graduating at the top of her class, LaFlesche became the first Native American woman doctor in the United States.

Graduating first in his class, 9 May 1861, he was appointed Acting Master on 4 October 1861, and Lieutenant 1 August 1862.

Graduating from St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1973 with a degree in Quantitative Methods, Bond worked first as a computer programmer for two years before being selected for Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island.

Graduating with a degree in Theatre from Dongguk University, Choi first made a name for himself on the stage before breaking into the film world with roles in Park Jong-won's early films Kuro Arirang and the acclaimed Our Twisted Hero.

Graduating at the top of her NET Spy School class, Sam is especially skilled at surveillance, hand to hand combat, disguise and radio / video operations.

Graduating top of his class in September 1885, Hood joined HMS Temeraire as a midshipman and served on her for a year in the Mediterranean Squadron before joining HMS Minotaur.

Home of the Alumni: Graduating Bowlesmen would traditionally paint their name and class year in the attic as a permanent memento of their attendance.

* Grad Retreat: The Graduating class travels outside of the city to spend the weekend together.

* Graduating class Summer 1959

Graduating class of September 1944, SWPA OCS at Camp Columbia, Australia, showing an integrated population.

Graduating at the top of her class, she was offered many prestigious positions, but decided to take a job with the District Attorney in the inner city instead.

Graduating in 1986, as a senior Gill led Rich Central to a 2nd place finish in the IHSA class AA state boys basketball tournament.

: Graduating Class of 2009 is the sixth graduating class.

: Graduating Class of 2010 is the seventh graduating class.

Graduating classes at Girls ' are known not by class year ( e. g., " the class of 2010 ") but rather by class number ( e. g., " the 254th graduating class ").