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about Ashley Judd. The article says "Ashley the UK Alumni Association to improve the quality and variety
left UK b€f0f€ she d0¤€d all of the “i”S and of programming for dues-paying members of the Association.
crossed all of the "t"s it takes to be awarded
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` Lerrers ro me Edrror from irs readers srrermg The UK Aliiinni Association recenthr lost two of its foriner
{ their ideas and opinions about the presidents Rohert H. Hillenmeyer ’-43, president 195 7-1958
‘ m¤83Zi¤€’$ €0¤f€¤[· L€U€¥$ must be $i$¤€d and Ervin]. Nutter ’43, president 1967-1968. These inen are
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lor credit, Donovan Scholars also can take Borwoorr four and rrvo million Amorroarrs Suffer from ,
Solhohrlolhhohr olrlssoh Chrrohrllk there are Alzheimer’s disease. Projections are that 14 million people will
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  “I’m lucky. I’ve been able to my career ambitions without having to
fashion my career without hav- ·   I leave. How lucky is that? How often
ing to leave Lexington." does that happen to somebody? The
y Like so many Kentucky L odds are astronomical."
, alumni, sports broadcaster Tom Q) er in Harnmond’s style is described by
l Hammond ’67 carries in his E ir; many as a solid professional broad-
hean a sense of place and deep ei _   caster.
  roots in the Bluegrass. Indeed, § “As far as style goes I think you have
A his roots are nearly as deep as S ' l to fit your personality. I’m not a
those of the University of Ken- e screamer. I’m just not a demonstrative
tucky itself. His grandfather, E kind of person. If I tried to be some-
Thomas Poe Cooper, was dean °` I `   thing else, it just wouldn’t work."
of the College of Agriculture TOM H6imm0?1d 66 Fight, aiidfellow Hammond had long talks with
from 1918 to 1951. Cooper also alumnus Larry Conley ’6 7 are ojlen broadcaster Dick Enberg who’s been
WHS 21C[lI1g pI'€5l(.l€Hl of [lI€ UI'1i— paired [elif}? Tglgyigign for ggygrggg Of SOIl"l€Wl12l[ of 3 H1€I"i[OI` to hifi]. EI’1l)€I`g
versity in 1940-41, turning down gputbeasiem Cpnferenee gmsjeetimll was portrayed as being vanilla. "I said,
the permanent job for personal sometimes I think I am too’ and he re-
reasons. ppmiiiiiiesa he ieuimed ip UK and plied remember vanilla goes with l
H2lYh1hOhd describes his earned a degree in equine science. eVefYfhfh8·’  
grandfather as "a kindly man, a ·=l didi~i·i iedlize lipw deeply ip- "I don’t want to insult anyone’s intel- l
g€I'l[l€ ITIHD. I I‘€IT1€H'lb€l‘   as grained Kenulcky was   ine until I   ligence. I listen to SOl]]€ of these guys I
being a man of such dignity. But ii was and I cringe. Maybe in some ways
Not Olflly 31-11 I his HHH'1€S2ll(€, bllt "Th€f€ is SOlTi€[hlHg Special 3bOu[ [ll2l[,S the WHY to f3.H]€ HUC] fOI°[Lll'I€ —· to
I try to live up to his ideals. ippsi Kcntuckiansl Tliey dp feel 3 deep- make yourself stand out from the rest
Ul I`€lYl€H]l)€I` [l'1€ house," SHYS Sgatgd lOy2ll[y’" Says HaH1l]]OHd_ “I[’S ofthe crowd, l)U[ it’s lLlS[ I`lO[ lily PCI`-
I'l;2IIT1IT1OI'1Cl. (AMY I'HO[h€I` and I part Of me and part Of my   A lO[ SOI`lHll[y.”
lived there with my grandpar- Of ii has ip dp Witli being iegdi-ded as Working with the outrageous and
ems While mY dad was Off m second class citizens nationally. Maybe flamboyant, Hammond says you have
W/Ofld WHY HY, That house, Ohee we’re a little defensive sometimes. But I to be accommodating,
the mam heuse Oh me UK Re- always thought of myself as a roving "\Y/hen I do NBA basketball I wor·k
Senfeh Farm: is hOW khOWh as anlbassaClOr fOr Kentucky. As l gO with two other announcers. It’s a three-
COOPef HO‘·l$e Oh the eOmef Gt around the country and around the some in the fastest game there is . . .
UhiVeYsiYY DhVe Hhd Lhhesfehe world, I find people actually have a the NBA where the shot clock is 24 sec-
Sh`eef· very favorable impression of Kentucky . onc15_ So yon think there is no way
MMV gmhdfnfhef nfWnYS hnd n . . which I try tO r€inl0f€€." there would ever be enough time for
g3Y€leh· We WOUld SO Out shd Hammond believes a lot of his affec- anybody to talk, and there is less time
Wnhdef Over the mf m- PeOPle tion for the state has t0 do with his to talk, especially with Bill Walton who
fell me Wheh held take the to grandfather and family ties to UK. likes to talk a lot. So you find an ac-
the Office with mm all WOfk “lt Wasn’t like a light bulb Went on commodation,”’ says Hammond. "I talk
WOUIO SfOP·” or anything. l just realized that this is less and I talk differently. Instead of just
TOOHY H3mmOhO’s daughter. where I am happiest," said Hammond. doing it gtritjtly play-by-play like the
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