Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Dr Billy ... a wonderful legacy

Billy Schulz, who died in September at the age of 56, has been much mourned. At the time, his family wrote that he was known as an 'ambassador of goodness', and now his legacy has been recognised with a great honour that he would have been thrilled to share with his mother, Dr Jane Schulz.  You just might need a tissue as you read this post from Grown Man Now, Sunday 16th September 2012, beginning ...

Western Carolina University has conferred on William Robert Schulz the degree of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.

William Robert Schulz and Dr. Jane Bolton Schulz received honorary degrees as Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the Fall 2012 Commencement Ceremony at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Billy’s Doctorate was awarded posthumously ...
read on here for the Honoris Causa, read by Chancellor David O. Belcher, and the speech given by Dr. Jane Schulz

Billy Schulz, and his mother Jane,
in 2010
Jane and Billy's book, Grown Man Now can be borrowed from the Down Syndrome NSW library, by members.

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