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Harvard profs, classmates: Barack Obama an ‘extraordinary’ student

It might have taken America a little while to figure it out, but his teachers and classmates at Harvard Law School knew almost immediately that Barack Obama was destined for stardom.

“He came by my office to introduce himself and expressed an interest in my work and wanted to work with me,” said constitutional law professor Lawrence Tribe, recalling the moment when he met the skinny 27-year-old with the broad smile in 1988.

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His classmates remember his intellect and idealism, but they also remember a nice guy with a quiet sense of humor who liked to play basketball and eat Mexican food.

“We have all been around people in our lives who you just knew were going to be a star and who were going to be incredible at what they did,” said Earl Phalen, 41, who met Obama through Harvard University’s Black Law Students’ Association. “He was the smartest and most humble person I have ever been around.”

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“The way someone plays a sport tells you a lot about what kind of person they are,” said classmate Hill Harper, a Harvard Law School grad who turned to acting and now stars in “CSI: NY.”

Phalen recalled Obama as a peacemaker on the court.

“I remember a game, it must have been about 11 o’clock at night, and there was a hard foul and it was an almost entirely black team against a white team and chests were getting bumped. Barack would be the guy who would come over and break things up.”

His mentor saw that quiet authority, too.

I wonder who they’re remembering.

From the comments: “His mentor saw that quiet authority, too.” What, Bill Ayers went to Harvard?