Leap Day legacy: The remarkable life of UK's oldest living alum born on Feb. 29

Born in 1928, Charles Whaley is 96 years old today — although he is celebrating only his 24th birthday. Learn more about his extraordinary life and journalism career — from UK, to the newsroom, to the U.S. Army, to the United Kingdom as a Marshall Scholar and beyond.

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