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Article: TEXAS STATE BIDS FAREWELL TO FORMER FIRST LADY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 13, 2007
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Texas State University issued the following news release:
Texas State University-San Marcos lost a close friend this week when former First Lady of the United States Lady Bird Johnson died July 11.
Johnson's ties to Texas State were evident through so many years because of her husband, former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, and grandson, Lyndon Johnson Nugent, receiving their degrees from Texas State. Mrs. Johnson received an honorary doctorate from Texas State in 1983. In honor of that connection, the Texas State Student Volunteer Connection, along with Student Foundation, placed a memorial for Johnson in front of the LBJ statue in the Texas State Quad.
A condolence book in front of ...