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COPYRIGHT 2001 Texas Monthly, Inc.
Journey to Hope Tomas Rivera (right)journeyed a long way from his early days in the South Texas town of Crystal City, where he was born to a family of migrant farmworkers. He enjoyed a varied and distinguished career as an educator and was appointed by presidents Carter and Reagan to serve on national higher education commissions. At the time of his death, in 1984, he was the chancellor of...
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