Deb Benton-Gevock spent 20 years
corresponding with over 100 celebrities and collecting their memories of
favorite teachers in her new book. The book is available here on
the website and published by Des Moines publisher Books by Mode. |
Celebrities include:
Mary Kay Ash, Dave Barry, Erin Brockovich,
Johnny Cash, Mary Higgins Clark, Phyllis Diller,
Jeff Foxworthy, Laird Hamilton,
Mariel Hemingway, Florence Henderson,
Shirley Jones, Garrison Keillor, Dean Koontz,
Robert Novak, Joe Paterno, Charlie Pride,
Joan Rivers, Betty White, Vanna White
and many more.
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Over 100
Celebrities...
Tell their story!
"I wasn't a good
student. But I've never forgotten the feeling in his classroom
- that children of Anoka, Minnesota, are worthy and capable of
powerful and original thought."
- Radio Personality
Garrison Keillor
"She actually thought
my drawings were funny. 'Ted, someday you're going to be a
cartoonist. A wonderful cartoonist.'"
- Cartoonist Ted Key
"We called her Hank
behind her back, but Sister Henrietta was her official title."
- Columnist Jene Galvin
"Every person you
meet," Dad said, "knows something you don't. If you waste time
judging them, you'll miss the lesson."
- NASA Sounding Rocket
Operations Contract Manager
Jan Jackson
"Lady Luck was not
with me as Mr. Hatch gleaned the first year Latin students for his
classes. He picked me, and I was the weakest one in the
class."
- Chief Technical Advisor
William K. Coors
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