Juan Gonzalez

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Juan Gonzalez CC '98 is a labor activist and journalist at the New York Daily News. Originally a Columbia College student in the 1960s, he played a highly active role in the 1968 protests and subsequently did not graduate until 1998, when he finally took a degree 30 years after his last Columbia class.

In 1991, Gonzalez served as the Columbia College Class Day speaker, despite not formally being an alumnus and despite considerable controversy stemming both from his role in the protests and relative obscurity. Despite the circulation of a formal petition by students opposing the choice, Gonzalez spoke at Class Day that year.