Tag: diploma
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Late Grateful Dead founding member had ties to Colorado Springs
A founding member of a legendary rock band credited his experiences at a Colorado Springs school, in part, for setting him on the path to music stardom. Bob Weir, a guitarist for The Grateful Dead who died Saturday at age 78, briefly attended Fountain Valley School before being asked to leave in 1963. Weir met…
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Blues legend, Otis Taylor, receives honorary diploma 57 years after expulsion for long hair
In 1966 two months before his graduation from Manual High School, blues legend Otis Taylor told school administrators he would not comply with school policy mandating short hair for male students, so he was expelled. After a friend noticed Taylor’s photo in a notable grads display, Taylor began to tell people that he had in…