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So This Saudi Prince Didn’t Actually Graduate From Lewis & Clark College

So This Saudi Prince Didn’t Actually Graduate From Lewis & Clark College

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BAHRAIN-GCC-INTERIOR MINISTER — Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in the Bahraini capital Manama on April 23, 2013.Mohammed Al-Shaikh—AFP/Getty Images

January 30, 2015 7:06 PM EST

Saudi Arabia’s new deputy crown prince didn’t get a degree from Lewis & Clark College, the college said Friday, contradicting a statement last week by the Saudi Embassy.

The Saudi Embassy said this month that Prince Mohammed bin Nayef graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1981, the Associated Press reports.

The college said in a statement that the prince completed coursework in the late 1970s but didn’t get a degree. The prince is “remembered fondly by our alumni, faculty, and staff,” the college said, adding it’s proud Nayef studied there.

The Saudi embassy said the error resulted from a mistranslation.

[AP]

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