Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
F. David Mathews
Born: December 6, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: Forrest David Mathews served as the 11th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1975 to 1977, during the administration of President Gerald R. Ford. He also served two nonconsecutive terms as the president of the University of Alabama.
Known for:
- Politics for People (1994)
- Is There a Public for Public Schools? (1996)
- Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools? (2002)