Since my last post was about graduation and focused on the commencement speaker, Tim Russert, I feel it is only appropriate to note of Mr. Russert's unfortunate death on June 13th. As anyone who tuned in to NBC or MSNBC the week after Mr. Russert's death knows, he was more than just one of the premier political journalists in the nation. While his friends, family, and colleagues mourned his death, so too did those who had only known Mr. Russert through their television sets, and yet somehow felt connected to him on a personal level. He had that effect on people. The sheer number of television hours devoted to memorializing Mr. Russert shows us just how impactful he was on the lives of others.
The Randolph-Macon Class of 2008, and everyone else who had the opportunity to see and hear Tim Russert speak at the May 31st graduation ceremony, should consider themselves lucky to have received some wisdom from this great man.
