Alumni Success Research Paper

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Alumni Success

Doug Johnson Class of ‘67

On Friday, October 9th, I interviewed current alumni Doug Johnson class of 1967. Mr. Johnson came to Fork Union as an 8th grader in 1962. He graduated and went to Eastern Kentucky University to play football and earned a degree in education. After graduating college he earned a job as a publisher and chief editor of Vanity Fair Magazine. He worked at Vanity Fair for 18 years. The following are responses to my inquiries to Mr. Johnson:

Interviewer: What was your FUMA experience like?

It was just like everyone else’s (experience). No one wanted to be here at that time, but the end result was worth it. You just have to suck it up and persevere.” He noticed that there was something here at FUMA that

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