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William Willard Wirtz Jr. was a U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor. He served as the Secretary of Labor between 1962 and 1969 under the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Wirtz was the last living member of Kennedy's cabinet. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. March 1912 – 24. April 2010
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“Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks: Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.”

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Commencement address at University of Iowa.
Commencement address, University of Iowa http://www.bartleby.com/63/48/2748.html, Time (June 19, 1965)

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