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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap
Journalists are not necessarily past valedictorians.
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You're correct, thirteen famous valedictorians, and not a single journalist on the list:
1. Byron White, Supreme Court justice (Wellington High School, 1934; University of Colorado, 1938)
2. Paul Robeson, multitalented genius (Rutgers College, 1919)
3. W. E. B. Du Bois, historian and sociologist (Great Barrington High School, 1884)
4. Jodie Foster, actress (Lycee Francaise, 1980)
5. Cindy Crawford, supermodel (DeKalb High School, 1984)
6. Ben Stein, actor and Comedy Central host (Yale Law School, 1970)
7. Harry Anderson, actor on TV's Night Court (North Hollywood High School, 1970)
8. Robert Byrd, powerful senator (Mark Twain High School, 1934)
9. Kevin Spacey, cool actor (Chatsworth High School, 1977)
10. Gouverneur Morris, an author of the U.S. Constitution (Kings College [now Columbia University], 1768)
11. Johnny Bench, one of baseball's greatest catchers (Binger High School, 1965)
12. Weird Al Yankovic, parody king (Lynnwood High School, 1975)
13. Emmylou Harris, country music queen (Garfield High School, 1965)