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Woman gets special honors at Stony Brook graduation
Quick ReadSumaira Zammurad, who left her family in Pakistan, lost her husband to cancer freshman year.
Photo credit: Joel Cairo | Sumaira Zammurad graduates from Stony Brook University on Tuesday. (Dec. 22, 2009)
Stony Brook graduates honor two women
By the time Sumaira Zammurad received her bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University Tuesday, she'd lived through more than most college students: She'd left her parents and sisters in Pakistan. She'd been married. She'd become a widow.
Surrounded by nearly 2,600 others who were receiving undergrad and graduate degrees at the winter commencement ceremony, Zammurad beamed as president Samuel...
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