if you look at what we have from vernon georgia the first african-american president and the american cancer society coming look at the mayor of atlanta and kasim reid and the attorney general in california. i could go on and on. debbie allen and felicia. [speaking in russian] and the opera singer. we have excellence that we are produced in our alum who have gone to the top of their fields and i think we have an opportunity to do that. the new chancellor for health sciences gene washington of duke appointed from ucla yet another howard grad so i'm convinced the educational product we provide is bar none in terms of what you will get if you come to an hbc like howard university. >> host: dr. frederick lawyer running a little short on time but if you could give the viewers a snapshot of how you ended up as president of howard. >> guest: yeah well i came to howard university is a 16-year-old then enrolled at 16 with an interest in pursuing medicine. i wanted to become a physician and i think what howard university does is it sees potential way beyond what you bring to the table and what