【美国人物志】卡尔·罗文(5/11)
The journalist and author Carl T. Rowan (born 1925) was U.S. ambassador to Finland (1963-1964) and director of the U.S. Information Agency (1964-1965).美国首位黑人新闻署署长卡尔罗文。Hints:
Carl
Tennessee State College
$20
Rowan
the United States Navy
Oberlin College
Ohio
the University of Minnesota
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201308/201308110929352201572.mp3Carl entered Tennessee State College in 1942. He almost had to leave college after the first few months because he did not have enough money. But on the way to catch a bus, his luck changed. He found the $20 he needed to stay in college.
Carl Rowan did so well in college that he was chosen by the United States Navy to become one of the first 15 black Navy officers. He said that experience changed his life. Carl served on ships during World War Two. Afterward, he returned to college and graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio. He went on to receive his master's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota.卡尔在1942年进入田纳西州立大学。他几乎在刚刚入学的几个月就濒临辍学因为他没有足够的钱。但在去乘公交的路上,他转运了。他捡到了能让他完成大学的20美元。
卡尔罗文在学校如此优秀以至于他被美国海军选为首批15名黑人海军军官。他表示这段经历改变了他的人生。卡尔在二战期间在军舰上服役。此后他重返大学并从俄亥俄州的欧柏林大学毕业。他在明尼苏达州立大学继续学习,并被授予了新闻学硕士学位。
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