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Senator Robert Byrd Passes Away, HI Remembers With Mike Kirtner Column From 2005 |
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Written by Mike/Woody
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Monday, 28 June 2010 08:58 |
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Column from Mike Kirtner
Herd Insider (goherd.com)
June 28, 2010
HUNTINGTON - Herd Insider president and columnist Mike Kirtner sat down with West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd in the fall of 2005 for a column that ran in the November 10, 2005 edition of Herd Insider magazine. With the passing of the legendary Mountain State congressman and Marshall University alumnus, HI re-runs the column which ran in the November 11, 2005 edition of HI.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - He is young for his years and wise beyond his age. As one of the most respected men in America, he received his college degree from Marshall University on May 7, 1994 and he is proud that he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, in addition an honorary Doctor of Law degree Marshall presented him in 1977.
He is “The West Virginian of the 20th Century,” according to former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise. He attended Marshall College 43 years earlier, long before he became recognized as the “Soul of the Senate.”
This proud Marshall graduate is West Virginia’s senior Democrat and is known nationally as Senator Robert C. Byrd.
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Written by mikek
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Monday, 24 August 2009 15:39 |
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by Mike Kirtner
HI columnist
“I love Marshall,” said West Virginia’s Governor Joe Manchin as he o pened a 20-minute interview in the offices of Kindred Communications.
Yes, the Governor of the state had came to Huntington to do an interview with Herd Insider. Surrounded by camera people and his aides as he talked, Manchin enthusiastically added to his opening statement. “At the beginning, people assumed we were different because I played at WVU, but I love Marshall equally and I wanted people not to pass judgment until after we had met.”
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Mike Kirtner is general manager of Kindred Communication, the parent company of Herd Insider Magazine. In addition to this, Kirtner is also the public address voice at Marshall men's basketball games.