A Daily Beast story on Vernon Jordan -- presidential adviser, attorney, civil rights legend and 1957 graduate of DePauw University -- notes, " looking back on his long career –- he’ll be 77 in August -- Jordan has seen dramatic change, not the least of which is the election of Barack Obama. His observation that Obama’s reelection would represent an important reaffirmation no doubt draws on his experience as the only black in his class at DePauw University."
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