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RICHARD H. MCHUGH Shelburn, Ind...
Instead, my reasons for calling have been more serious—providing me with a new perspective on the desire for ind-ependence that originally propelled me on this summer journey...
...high school, Roberts applied to La Lumiere, a competitive Catholic boarding school about 12 miles away in La Porte, Ind. "I won't be content to get a good job by getting a good education," he wrote at age 13 in an application letter. "I want to get the best job by getting the best education." It was an all boys' school when Roberts entered in 1969--"Most of our dating life came from observing the school dog, Daisy," says schoolmate Tommy Kerrigan--and free time was consumed by three mandatory sports (Roberts ran track, wrestled and was co-captain...
Roberts' resume reads so perfectly that it is easy to find the little flakes of destiny littered through his storybook life. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., but raised in Long Beach, Ind., a small town sprung from the sand dunes on the southeastern edge of Lake Michigan, Roberts was in second grade when he won his first case. He had got in a fight with classmate Timmy, which climaxed with his hurling an orange at Timmy's head and splattering a classroom wall instead. Called to account in the principal's office, he argued that the classroom mess was "all Timmy...
...steel executive, Roberts grew up in Long Beach, Ind., outside Chicago and attended La Lumiere, a Catholic boys’ boarding school nearby. By the time he arrived at Harvard in the fall of 1973, he had developed a passion for history...