Yale Grad Marina Keegan was an Anti-Wall Street Activist

Marina Keegan


Marina Keegan, a recent Yale University graduate who died in a tragic car accident Saturday, was very active at Yale University.


Keegan was a passenger in a vehicle driven by boyfriend Michael Gocksch when it crashed on route 6 in Dennis, Mass. Gocksch is listed in stable condition at a hospital.


Keegan, a member of the college democrats, helped start Occupy Morgan Stanley, a protest group that challenged campus recruiting, The New York Times reports.


The group gathered outside an information session held by Morgan Stanley and reportedly chanted slogans like “Take a stance, don’t go into finance.”


Keegan wrote a column for The New York Time’s The Deal Book asking fellow college students to seriously reconsider a career in finance at Wall Street companies.


“Maybe I’m overly optimistic, but I think most young, ambitious people want to have a positive impact on the world. Whether it’s through art or activism or advances in science, almost every student I spoke to had some kind of larger, altruistic goal in life,” she wrote.


“But what I heard again and again was that working at JPMorgan or Bain or Morgan Stanley was the best way to prepare oneself for a future doing public good,” she continued. “Why do students believe this? Because the recruiters tell them it’s true. Personally, I think it’s ridiculous. Those skills can be gained elsewhere.”


Read “Even artichokes have doubts” by Marina Keegan by clicking here.


Read Marina Keegan’s Deal Book column “Another View: The Science and Strategy of College Recruiting” by clicking here.


Read “The Opposite Loneliness” by Marina Keegan by clicking here.


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