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Reaching Higher

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May 14, 2012

Just another remarkable day

“My task was to get the scoop on the motivation of a Lampas Society member to name the university the beneficiary of her life insurance policy. All right, from the outset this didn’t seem like a scintillating assignment. But retired professor Elaine Werby is no ordinary person. Well into her 80s, she arrives at her [...]...”

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