Word: heimert
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...while Heimert has gained so much out of the last five years, a family legacy of diabetes has cast a shadow. Unable to work for two years for health reasons, he had surgery in an attempt to clear up his arteries in the February of 1997. He suffered a stroke and ultimately had to have his leg partially amputated...
...Heimert comes to the end of his academic odyssey through Harvard as he plans to retire at the end of the next academic year, he says his final stint at the University has perhaps been his most rewarding of his teaching experiences...
...Heimert was born in Oak Park, III. and soon moved to Chicago and finally to Elmhurst, III. where he attended York Community High School. Neither his mother nor his father received a college degree although his father completed two years of school before his father's death forced him to earn a living for his family...
...Heimert was far from groomed to attend Harvard's fair grounds. He discovered Harvard's existence only with the encouragement of teachers...
...came here not only as a wide-eyed lad, but as a wide-tied lad," Heimert says, referring to the difference in Eastern and Midwestern tie size that branded him a stranger to Cambridge...