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25 years ago: Director of admissions leaving KU
November 11, 2009
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Since taking the job of director of admissions at Kanas University in 1980, Linda Thompson was leaving to marry Dr. Scott Robinson of Bakersfield, Calif., and pursue a job prospect in California. Thompson had become one of KU’s finest recruiters in her time on the job here. She did not cite the job she was seeking out west.
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Pywacket (Anonymous) says…
I wish these looks at the past could also include a “where are they now” follow-up. I worked for Linda back then and when I was preparing to quit work to go to school full time, she signed off on my admission app herself.
I still have her recipe for poppyseed cake from one time when we all brought food to the office and exchanged recipes. ;-) Hope her life has been happy & prosperous since she left Kansas.