Pioneering Spirit
@patwater
The Heroes that define us
Long ago, at a small house known as Toad Hall, a professor named Ward Elliott asked a question that cuts to the marrow of the human experience:"Who is your hero, and what is your cause?"Ward, a beloved professor at Claremont McKenna College, was a master of simplicity wrapped around depth. His life was a quiet adventure in civic virtue — an open house, a bottomless kettle of conversation, and a stubborn belief that individuals could matter. He was no dry academic: he had a profound impact on ...