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John Menard Jr. Photo by Travisvanvelzen (Own work) (CC BY-SA 4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsIn the 103-year-history of UW-Eau Claire, it had never awarded an honorary degree for lifetime achievement. The first such degree was given in May 2019 to
John Menard, the billionaire owner of the Menard’s home improvement chain.
It was was called a “doctorate of humane letters,” but there are some who would not necessarily think of Menard as a humanitarian. A successful businessman, yes: Menard’s is one of the biggest home improvement chains in the nation, with 325 stores and 41 manufacturing facilities located in 14 Midwestern states, and an advertising jingle, “Save big money at Menard’s,” we all probably know by heart.
harris whittles died of a overdose nap is a really good taste of what your podcast does to effectively, marc maron, thank you for being on this evening. thank you. great to see marc there as well. my old colleague. thank you at home. the last time the republican party won an election with someone not named bush on the ticket was 1962. look at every election since then. these are all of the republican presidential election victories since 1972 and every single one of them there has been someone named bush on the ballot as president or vice president. it is not foolproof. poppy bush did not win reelection in 1992 against bill clinton, even though he was on the ballot but you have to go back to nixon in 62 to find a winning republican presidential ticket that did not have someone from that one family to win in the number one or the number two spot. on the one hand that bodes well for the william party deciding to put jeb bush on the ballot. on the other hand, governor bush