►
From YouTube: 2018 Celebration of Boston Latin School
Description
Boston Latin School Headmaster Rachel Skerritt and others honor distinguished BLS graduate Dr. George Canellos and celebrate the success of their Prima Perpetua Campaign.
A
B
And
it
is
my
privilege
this
evening
to
begin
by
presenting
the
2018
distinguished
graduate
of
the
Year
award.
This
award
represents
the
highest
distinction.
Our
school
bestows
upon
its
alumni.
It
is
a
rare
honor
presented
to
one
individual
each
year
before
meeting
our
new
honoree.
Please
join
me
in
acknowledging
past
recipients
of
this
award,
who
are
with
us
this
evening,
Charles
Clow
class
of
60.
B
B
Regarding
this
year's
honoree
renowned,
oncologists,
Hal,
Burstein
tweeted,
one
of
the
Titans
of
oncology,
think
about
that
our
graduate
of
the
year
has
been
a
giant
in
his
field.
In
the
fight
to
conquer
cancer.
George
Kanellis
started
his
journey
from
humble
beginnings.
Latin
School
served
as
a
springboard
to
Harvard
College
and
Columbia
University
College
of
Physicians
following
residency
and
research
stints
at
MGH
and
the
Royal
Post
Graduate
School
of
Medicine
in
London
in
1975.
He
found
his
home
at
the
Dana
Farber
Cancer
Institute,
where
he
served
as
the
founding
chair
of
medical
oncology.
B
Among
his
other
professional
distinctions
were
the
presidency
of
the
American
Society
of
Clinical
Oncology
and
the
editorship
of
the
Journal
of
Clinical
Oncology,
acknowledging
his
lifetime
of
service
to
Dana,
Farber
and
Harvard
Medical
School,
and
especially
his
role
as
mentor
to
hundreds
of
physicians.
Now
saving
lives
across
the
world.
B
The
Harvard
Medical
School
established
the
Jean
and
George
Kanellis
professorship
in
medicine
for
Dana
Farber,
chair
of
medical
oncology
in
nominating
Kanellis
for
this
award
Dana
Farber,
physician,
Dan
D'angelo,
a
parent
of
four
latin
school
graduates,
credited
the
honoree
with
major
advances
in
the
battle
against
two
pervasive
malignancies,
large
cell
lymphoma
and
adjuvant
best
cancer.
The
therapies
he
developed
are
now
the
standard
of
care
for
these
diseases.
B
D'angelo
concluded,
it
is
remarkable
that
he
has
improved
the
outcome
of
thousands
of
patients
lives
in
two
previously
incurable
diseases.
It
is
hard
to
imagine
higher
praise
or
a
more
significant
record
of
achievement,
a
true
son
of
the
Latin
School
and
a
Titan
in
the
fields
of
oncology.
We
are
so
honored
to
recognize
dr.
George,
Kanellis
class
of
52
as
the
2018
Boston
Latin
School
graduate.
B
I'll
read:
what's
on
the
plaque,
thankfully
there's
an
English
translation,
because
the
plaque
is
in
Latin.
It
says
the
highest
award
of
a
Boston
Latin
School
Association
proudly
given
to
a
most
deserving
son,
dr.
George,
Pekin,
Ellis
52
distinguished
graduate
of
the
year.
Oh
and
then
it's
a
whole
entire
buyout
that
I've
read
already
given
today:
November
17
2018
again
dr.
Kanellis.
C
That
was
really
something.
I
was
going
to
ask
her
if
she
could
say
it
in
Latin,
and
that
would
be
wonderful
and
there
are
generation
of
Latin
school
teachers
that
would
really
love
it.
But
fellow
graduates,
families
and
leadership
of
the
Boston
Latin
School,
both
past
and
present
I
am
deeply
honored
by
this
award.
The
Boston
Latin
School
has
had
many
distinguished
graduates
over
the
years
like
over
400
years
and
and
I'm
glad
to
be
I've
really
honored
to
be
included
among
them.
C
C
We
are
all
committed,
I,
think
here
in
in
action
and
in
spirit
into
maintaining
the
bus
in
Latin
schools
position
in
the
academic
world
of
the
Boston
area.
I
mean
the
Latin
school
is
really
the
beacon
of
higher
education,
higher
high
school
education
in
this
city,
and
we
have
to
maintain
it
frankly.
C
C
When
I
begin
the
land
school
1946,
we
had
just
won
the
Second
World
War,
but
already
the
anxiety
about
creeping
communism
was
beginning
and
I
can
tell
you
we
all
had
to
wear
uniforms
at
certain
times.
We
had
military
drills
and
we
marched
with
wooden
replica
rifles
in
a
big
parade
in
Boston
competing
with,
obviously
the
other
schools
that
were
doing
the
same,
and
we
were
on
a
sort
of
a
semi,
very
primitive
military
footing.
C
At
that
time,
the
getting
to
the
Boston
Latin
School
I
had
to
change
four
times
on
the
MTA
to
get
here
and
then
four
times
on
the
MTA
to
to
go
home,
and
it
was
a
time
that
took
a
lot
of
time
and
some
of
us
tried
to
do
homework
on
this
on
the
team.
But
it
really
wasn't
successful
and
it
was
a
time
also
that
I
think
Boston
English
high
school
was
a
more
formidable
opponent,
at
least
in
the
football
world.
C
At
that
time,
although
I'm
told
by
Rachel
that
that
they've
come
up
in
the
world
that
they're
a
little
more
of
a
threat
than
they
used
to
be
well,
maybe
so
what
can
I
say?
Circumstances
have
changed,
but
my
class
at
the
Latin
School
was
about
the
half
the
size
of
the
present
senior
class,
but
it
was
a
good
class.
We
did
extremely
well
for
the
1950s
in
getting
into
college
I.
Think
college
acceptances
were
very
good.
C
The
the
rigors
of
the
Latin
school
education
and
the
reason
is
that
our
students
are
super
qualified
and
they
come
with
having
experience
the
Latins,
the
rigors
of
the
Latin
school
curriculum,
but
that
those
rigors
helped
them
in
college
and
make
the
college
courses
pass
rather
smoothly.
I
think
so
they
say:
I've
been
fortunate
and
having
classmates
and
not
so
much
classmates
with
colleagues
at
the
dana-farber
Cancer
Institute,
who
have
kids
at
Latin
school
and
I,
keep
up
with
the
the
curriculum.
C
If
you
will,
the
the
complexity
and
technology
of
technology
and
the
courses
that
are
offered
by
the
school
are
really
something
compared
to
my
day
and
my
day
the
curriculum
was
stiff,
but
it
was
heavily
language
oriented,
especially
classical
language,
English
history,
social
studies
were
strong.
They
taught
chemist
one
course
in
chemistry
in
one
course
in
physics,
no
biology.
Speaking
as
a
doctor,
it
was
interesting
and
you
could
ask:
why
did
you
bother
to
go
to
medical
school
gone
anyway?
Now
it
was
not
inspired
by
by
that,
but
it
wasn't
taught
now.
C
It
is
and
I'm
sure
it's
very
sophisticated
and
in
its
content,
I
I
have
to
say
that
then
at
the
dana-farber
we
really
enjoy
being
in
the
neighborhood
of
all
of
these
scholarly
institutions.
I
know
the
Harvard
Medical
School.
Has
this
glass
Palace
across
the
street
and
they're
still
looking
for
somebody
to
name
it
after
the
question
is
and
I'm
really
I
know
the
Dean
very
well.
The
question
is:
how
much
would
it
cost
they
have
that
building
named
and
I
really
don't
know
the.
C
The
thing
that
really
worries
me
is
that
the
lack
of
strong
leadership
in
Washington
and
the
vagaries
of
political
extremism
in
this
country
have
sort
of
given
the
impression
that
we're
a
divided
society,
and
that
is
regrettable,
but
I,
think
that
what
this
country
needs,
if
it
really
is
going
to
become
if
social
society
is
going
to
move
it,
it
really
needs
a
liberal,
educated
conscience
to
handle
the
ups
and
downs
of
the
future.
How
do
you
achieve
that.
C
This
is
conscience
that
that
we
should
have
how
is
it
generated?
Well,
it's
generated.
The
conscience
would
be
enhanced
by
having
an
educated
population
around
us
and
I
think
the
Latin
School
has
been
a
pinnacle
in
doing
that
and
it's
been
doing
that
for
over
400
years,
but
we
need
that
very
badly
in
this
society.
In
my
opinion,
I've
been
fortunate
in
my
professional
life
to
have
chosen
a
career
in
medical
oncology.
That
is
the
study
and
treatment
of
malignant
disease.
C
Remember
his
telling
me
very
clearly,
he
said
when
he
was
in
training
years
before
there
was
a
terrible
disease
that
they
all
groaned
about,
one
that
came
to
the
door,
namely
pernicious
anemia,
and
it
didn't
take
a
long
while
before
it
was
discovered
that
vitamin
b12
could
cure
that
disease
and
it
was
a
miserable
disease
with
without
appropriate
treatment,
and
he
said
that
scientific
progress
is
likely
to
be
the
same
for
the
cancer
field
and
he
was
right.
In
that
opinion,
I
mean
history
has
showed
him
to
be
right.
C
That
in
time,
scientific
progress
by
both
in
clinical
or
basic
research
has
given
us
an
understanding
of
the
cancer
cell,
far
better
than
we
had
in
the
past
and
still
need
for
the
future
and
resulted
in
new
treatments
that
have
rendered
certain
diseases
now
readily
potentially
curable.
Some
forms
of
leukemia
malignant
lymphoma
are
all
potentially
highly
treatable
and
potentially
curable.
C
We
didn't
have
that
when
I
first
started
out
in
this
field
and
I
think
that's
really
the
step
in
the
right
direction
and
I
want
to
reassure
you
that
there's
a
great
deal
of
basic
science
going
on
now
that
in
the
future,
will
be
done
and
will
pay
off
for
the
patience
of
the
future.
They
will
be
the
beneficiaries
and
it's
coming.
C
We
also
know
now
using
the
immune
system
of
the
patient
where
to
it,
identify
and
attack
cancer
cells
and
that's
opening
up
a
whole
new
field
of
within
the
last
5
years
and
that's
a
whole
area.
That's
going
to
add
to
our
ability
to
successfully
treat
the
malignant
disease
more
is
coming
and
I
am
absolutely
confident
and
optimistic
about
the
future.
I
think
that
old
professor
of
mine
was
absolutely
right.
C
Combination
chemotherapy
and
we
had
some
successes
of
breast
cancer,
the
adjuvant
breast
cancer,
malignant
lymphomas
all
those
early
days,
but
now
we're
getting
much
more
sophisticated
and
it's
a
pleasure
for
me
to
see
the
people
I've
trained.
Now.
We
have
at
least
about
12
cancer
centers
in
this
country,
headed
by
graduates
of
the
Dana
Farber
program,
and
they
are
doing
great
work,
and
these
are
places
that
are
also
doing
great
work.
So
I
am
optimistic
for
the
future.
What
can
I
say?
C
B
Kanellis,
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
this
evening
for
sharing
your
thoughts
and,
most
importantly,
for
your
groundbreaking
and
life-saving
work
in
oncology.
It
is
now
my
pleasure
to
introduce
a
special
presentation
of
spoken
reflections,
video
and
music.
That
will
give
you
a
glimpse
into
our
student
body,
a
quick
note,
while
you
will
be
hearing
true
testimonies
this
evening
from
current
students
and
very
recent
graduates,
the
students
on
stage
tonight
have
been
invited
to
render
those
true
stories
and
are
not
the
young
people
who
experienced
the
events
firsthand.
A
F
A
I
M
K
A
E
G
G
It
was
my
eighth
birthday.
I
was
hanging
with
my
friends
when
we
heard
boom
I
started
running
boom
boom
I
stopped
I
looked
down
on
my
left,
shoulder
blood
on
my
favorite
blue
shirt.
Each
step
slower
needed
to
get
home.
Where
was
everyone
I
saw
stars,
I've
been
shot.
I
collapsed,
suddenly
I
had
this
really
loud
voice.
Where
is
my
baby.
G
N
G
F
J
D
Born
in
London
raised
in
Boston,
not
British,
not
American,
I'm
Italian.
Every
summer
we
go
to
Italy
I'm,
the
American
in
Boston
I'm,
the
Italian,
hey,
I,
worship,
Tom,
Brady,
wear,
American
clothes,
listen
to
rock
music
and
I'm
a
so
much
believer
in
the
American
Dream.
My
father
was
the
first
in
his
family
to
leave
the
village
and
get
a
college
degree.
Many
Americans
don't
realize
you
are
much
better
off
than
the
rest
of
the
world.
F
J
It
wasn't
always
easy
being
me
watching
a
Latin
in
facing
history.
I
was
the
only
one
who
felt
comfortable
talking
about
the
stereotypes
against
Arabs.
Were
they
scared
to
offend
me
when
we
watch
the
video
about
three
Arab
and
Muslim
comedians
making
jokes
about
life
after
9/11
more
awkward,
my
laughter
filled
the
deafening
silence.
The
best
jokes
were
about
airport
security.
As
someone
who
got
stopped
every
time
we
came
back
from
Jordan
what
he
said
was
hilariously
real.
O
N
L
L
E
E
F
It's
funny
how
the
things
we
love
and
open
doors
playing
the
viola
has
changed.
My
life
I
have
performed
in
beautiful
halls
in
cities
all
across
the
world
like
Vienna
Prague
London
in
Buenos
Aires,
a
group
of
500
children
surrounded
us.
Handing
us
pens
to
sign
autographs
I
will
never
forget
that
moment.
The
excitement
of
those
kids
I
grew
up
in
Heath,
Street,
government,
housing
and
I
know
that
opportunity
makes
all
the
difference.
D
I
Last
summer
I
went
on
the
trip
to
Morocco
with
the
study
group.
Cie
Morocco
is
like
nothing
I'd
ever
experienced
before
I
mean
heck
I'd,
never
even
been
out
of
the
country.
Before
that
I
remember
the
nerves
hitting
the
airport
I
mean.
Imagine
30,
kids
coming
together
to
study,
travel
and
explore
this
exotic
culture.
We
hiked
the
Atlas
Mountains.
We
learned
about
the
Berber
people
create
camel
burgers,
wait.
I
Doesn't
sound
good,
it
sounds
weird
I
know,
but
trust
me.
It
was
just
like
eating
a
normal
burger
with
a
little
bit
of
a
sweet
aftertaste.
It
was,
it
was
good.
It
was
different.
Everything
in
Morocco
really
was
different,
that's
the
word
for
it.
I
mean
the
the
colors
and
sounds
of
the
streets,
the
the
people.
It
really
just.
Let
me
look
at
my
life
with
much
more
openness.
H
Fruit
fly,
experiment
failed.
Well,
my
assumption
was
wrong.
You
know,
I
did
a
lot
of
tests,
a
lot
of
experiments
stays
in
the
lab
for
chemistry
and
in
the
end,
what
do
I
get
nothing
failure,
but
you
know
what
I
learned:
I
learned
that
doing
something
and
not
giving
up
doing
something.
You
love!
That
is
the
true
mindset
of
a
champion
and
then
the
end
I'll.
Never
make
that
mistake
again.
E
E
D
I
directed
one
of
the
best
plays
I'd
ever
read:
The
Laramie
Project.
It
wasn't
so
much
the
plays
incredible
run,
but
more
about
being
a
part
of
a
community
that
cared
deeply
about
bringing
attention
to
the
hate
and
love
surrounding
the
1998
murder
of
Matthew
Shepard,
a
college
student
killed
for
being
gay.
The
Laramie
Project
made
me
realize
why
I
spent
more
than
2,000
hours
of
my
life
in
the
black
box.
It
highlighted
the
best
parts
of
a
passionate
and
unconditionally
accepting
community
that
had
been
my
home
for
six
years.
S
B
V
B
X
U
W
B
A
I
F
B
B
B
W
W
L
W
W
T
Y
W
A
A
W
W
W
And
I
want
to
personally
thank
Michael
for
doing
this.
You
saw
the
young
people
from
the
school.
This
effort
has
been
one
that
will
continue
to
give
them
the
opportunities
that
we
all
had,
and
so
we
shocked
myself
Mike
Levin,
who
couldn't
be
here,
who
served
with
Chuck
as
co-chair,
want
to.
Thank
you
all.
T
W
And
as
dr.
Kanellis
mentioned,
there
is
in
a
public
school
in
the
country
that
can
do
that,
and
that's
a
tribute
to
all
of
us,
because
we've
recognized
what
this
school
has
meant
to
all
of
us
and
we've
got
to
continue
not
only
to
nurture
it,
to
protect
it
and
to
be
vigilant,
because
the
kids
that
you
saw
this
evening
desperately
need
what
we
all
have
been
benefited
from.
So
we
want
to
thank
you
chuck.
T
Thanks
Mike,
you
know
the
whole
premium
for
Pecha.
We're
effort
really
started
back
in
2011
with
a
with
a
two
year:
strategic
planning
session,
that
Lynn
Mooney,
tada
and
Mike
really
spearheaded,
and
we
can
think
of
tonight
tonight
we're
thinking
of
wrapping
up
a
campaign
but
I
think
in
the
real
sense
it's
a
launch,
because
so
many
of
the
programs
that
have
been
started
over
the
last
several
years,
where
this
global
understanding
some
of
the
sports
programs,
some
of
the
arts
programs,
we
can
really
start
to
build
on
them.
T
T
And
we
really
we've
benefited
more
than
we
could
ever
enumerate
here,
but
the
extraordinary
success
of
this
campaign
goes
a
long
way,
so
no
one
could
be
more
deserving
of
the
admiration
of
everyone
in
this
room
tonight.
I
also
want
to
thank
my
co-chair,
who
can't
be
here:
Mike,
Levin
and
all
of
those
folks
who
every
third
or
fourth
Friday
morning
would
come
up
to
the
top
floor
of
one
post
office
square
and
try
to
figure
out
how
to
get
as
much
money
out
of
your
pockets
as
we
possibly
could.
W
Well,
Lisa,
unless
you
think
that
we're
done
we're
going
to
take
Thanksgiving
week
off
and
the
next
campaign
is
going
to
begin
shortly
thereafter,
so
stay
tuned
seriously.
Thank
you
all
for
making
certain
that
the
young
people
that
are
currently
there
and
those
that
will
come
after
them
have
the
same
opportunities
that
we
had
I'd
like
to
turn
it
back
to
Rachel.
B
B
Am
so
humbled
by
the
opportunity
to
work
in
a
community
so
dedicated
to
continuing
the
legacy
of
excellence
that
is
BLS.
I
am
truly
grateful
to
you,
mr.
C,
and
to
you
chuck
and
to
all
who
have
worked
so
hard
over
the
last
six
years
to
ensure
Boston
Latin
School
remains
primo
Perpetua,
so
I
forgot
my
glass,
but
please
join
me
in
lifting
yours
to
alma
mater
and
to
the
very
bright
future
made
possible
by
this
very
generous
community
Cheers.
Y
Y
A
B
B
The
Latin
school
has
consistently
displayed
a
love
of
learning,
love
of
hard
work,
love
of
tradition,
love
of
the
special
community
to
which
we
all
belong,
and
we
embrace
a
commitment
to
demonstrating
a
love
of
reflection
of
growth,
of
innovation,
of
Drive
to
remain
first,
while
remaining
relevant
and
responsive
the
doors
of
Latin
School
remain
open
to
all
of
you,
and
we
invite
you
back
home
to
visit.
If
you
haven't
been
in
a
while.
In
the
meantime,
we
invite
you
to
visit
the
dessert
buffets
in
the
back
and
stay
to
enjoy
the
party.