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Last Update: 01-31-2012

Received Doctorate of Humane Letters from Indiana University

May 15, 1995

Author and humorist Jean Shepherd, a Hammond native, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Shepherd, best known as the author of the 1983 film, "A Christmas Story," has been compared to Mark Twain and Will Rogers. 5/16/95 Hammond Times Commencement Program - Courtesy Indiana University Norwest Library

Associated Documents

Type	File Name	Description
•	1995-05-15_indiana_univ.pdf	Ceremony Program

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May 15,1995
courtesy: Professor James Lane - Indiana Univerity

Courtesy: Nick Mantis

May 15,1995
Commencment Program for Doctorate

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975