The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 18, 1989, Page 4, Image 4
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By SCOTT PRUDEN
Staff writer
In this sleazy world of Oprah, Sally
Jessie and Geraldo, the average
person cruising along on the jet
stream of life might seem quite boring.
Face it, if you aren't half a pair
of Siamese twins connected at the
earlobe and nostril, a kindergarten
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you probably rate pretty low on the
excitement scale.
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guy.
Case in point, Russell Maxey, recent
graduate of the USC College of
Engineering with a master's degree of
science in civil engineering.
Big deal. That happens all the
time, right?
Right, except Russell Maxey happens
to be 83 years old and the oldest
graduate of any USC program ?
besides having traveled all over the
world (a very exciting place) and
recorded the history of Columbia in
photographs since before your
parents were twinges in the loins of
grandma and granddad. And the best
part is Maxey shows very little sign of
slowing down.
Since he graduated from USC the
first time in 1929, Maxey has worked
for no less than eight different
employers throughout his engineering
career, including the Tennessee
Valley Authority, the United States
War Department Corps of Engineers
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Upon retiring from the Kline
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of Columbia and world travels while
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Yesterday and Today in
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1980.
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opinions on the struggle in the book.
Columbia's Bicentenial (1986)
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Why, at a time in his life when
most people strive to be as unproductive
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"Retirement gets to be a drag,"
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his return to college "took more time
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