Graduate Accoutrement

[macwilkin]

Dr Hays,

Greetings from Iowa. Thank you for your response. I, myself, graduated from Iowa State University, and my lovely niece is currently attending the U of Iowa. Were you by any chance a Highlander?

Yours aye,
Jared Brus, Class of '00

Jared,

Two of my cousins are Iowa State almuni, although the rest of the family are Iowa or Northern Iowa folks. Besides them, the only other connection I have to ISU was a great uncle who was with a training battalion there during WWI.

My family has been in Iowa since the time of statehood; Mostly in Marion County (Knoxville) and Wright County, just about 70-80 miles north of Ames along old Highway 69. My grandmother was born in East Village, in the shadow of the Iowa State Capitol building.

Even though I reside "south of the border" in Missouri, I pay tribute to my Iowa-Scottish blood by wearing the Iowa state tartan.

GO HAWKS! GO PANTHERS! GO CYCLONES!

T.