Reporter-News honors the “unsinkable” Virginia Connally
(Abilene, TX)–Hardin-Simmons honored Dr. Virginia Connally ’33 through the Inaugural James B. Simmons Dinner on the evening of Sept. 6, 2018.
Alumni Greg Jaklewicz’s ’80 editorial in the Abilene Reporter-News captured the evening beautifully, so we decided to post here to share.
Enjoy his take on the “Unsinkable” Virginia Connally.
More on the Dinner, James Simmons and Dr. Virgina Connally to come.
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