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Scholarship Honors College Friendship
On the surface, Suzanne Perot McGee and Priscilla Call Craven didn’t have much in common when they enrolled at Vanderbilt 28 years ago. McGee, BS’86, the daughter of plain-spoken Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, was an elementary education major. Craven, BA’86, the granddaughter of noted American art critic and author Thomas Craven, was an art history major.
But the two have been good friends since their Vanderbilt days. When they returned to Vanderbilt for their 20th class reunion in 2006, Craven, who now teaches Italian and art history courses at the University of Colorado, proposed a toast to celebrate the fact that she recently had paid off the last of her college loans. Besides her Vanderbilt undergraduate degree, she also had earned a master of arts degree in language from Middlebury College and a master of arts degree in art history from the University of Colorado.
“Priscilla has always been so full of inner joy, and a great listener,” McGee says of her friend. “When we were students, I always knew how thankful she was to be at Van
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Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, patriot and philanthropist, dies at 89
DALLAS -- Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, renowned patriot and two-time independent candidate for U.S. president, has died after a five-month battle with leukemia.
He was 89.
The pioneer of the computer services industry, who founded Electronic Data Systems Corp. in 1962 and Perot Systems Corp. 26 years later, was just 5-foot-6, but his presence filled a room.
"Describe my father?" Ross Perot Jr., his only son and CEO of the Perot Group, asked rhetorically in an interview. "Obviously a great family man, wonderful father. But at the end of the day, he was a wonderful humanitarian.
"Every day he came to work trying to figure out how he could help somebody."
Perot was diagnosed with leukemia in February. A massive secondary infection the next month nearly killed him, according to the family.
In true Perot fashion, he fought back, showing up at the office most days in his dark suit with the omnipresent American flag on his lapel.
Perot entertained a steady stream of well-wishers at Perot headquarter
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The Perot Family Scholarship is awarded annually in perpetuity to a deserving son or daughter of a United States Army soldier or to the spouse of an active duty enlisted soldier to assist in his or her pursuit of higher education. The scholarship was created as a result of the Perot family’s generous donation to the Army Scholarship Foundation.
“The Perot family recognizes and salutes the contributions and sacrifices of military family members to our nation and to our Army. We want to do our part in assisting organizations that support Army families. The greatest gift that we can provide for the next generation of Army family members is the gift of education, and we hope that this scholarship will assist these military family members in achieving their educational goals and building for their future,” said Darcy Anderson, spokesperson for the family and Vice Chairman of the Hillwood Corporation, a Perot family enterprise. “Ross Perot and Ross Perot, Junior and the entire Perot family are staunch advocates for our serivcemembers, and this is one way
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