Deborah Archer ’93 to Speak at Rochester Institute of Technology

Smith Medalist and Trustee Deborah Archer ’93, who is president of the American Civil Liberties Union, is the keynote speaker for Rochester Institute of Technology’s 43rd annual ”Expressions of King’s Legacy” event on Jan. 29. Archer—who majored in government at Smith and earned a law degree from Yale—is the first person of color to lead the ACLU. She is a professor of clinical law at the New York University School of Law and faculty director of the school’s Community Equity Initiative.