The Best and Finest
Wah Chen CC’92
“Deantini: I love your red suspenders, which hold up your valiant spirit, your self-deprecating wisdom about a beginner's mindset, and your deep loyalty to the Core Curriculum. You represent the best and the finest of Columbia: You are an ally in people-making, an individual who would have thrived during the Enlightenment and a true gentleman. Aristotle once remarked ‘Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those, the art of living well.’ Deantini, we honor you, and may you live well and brightly in your next chapter knowing how much you have already done for others and knowing how much still you are meant to do.”