Word: valedictorian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...parents? Have we forgotten our origins? Only when we understand that we are theirs and that they are ours and that this is the only truth -only then can we turn to the restoration of hope." Among other students who picked up that theme was Bonnie Cooke, valedictorian at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. "You'll need to be patient with us as we will with you," she told the adults in her audience. "I believe we're in a position to teach each other, but one of us might have to meet the other more...
...Bench's success has come as easily and naturally as a second-grader's daydreams. Back in Binger, which he says is "two miles beyond Resume Speed," he was high school class valedictorian and an all-state basketball and baseball player. Since the Binger nine had only nine players, he shuttled between third base and the pitcher's mound, compiling a 16-1 record with "a lot of no-hitters." So why did he give up pitching for the less glamorous job of catching? "Maybe," he says, "it was because I hit .675 in high school...
Shannon's entry into clerical ranks was considerably less traumatic than his departure. He was born 49 years ago this week in Minnesota, one of six children in the family of a South St. Paul cattleman. After graduating as valedictorian from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul in 1941, he entered St. Paul Seminary, and was ordained in 1946. Soon Shannon was off to academia: an M.A. in English from the University of Minnesota (1951), a doctorate in American studies from Yale (1955), the presidency of the College...