this august group assembled here this evening, which has been the repository for so many great speakers over the past few years. tonight we are really lucky. we have a native daughter of michigan, born and brought up in my hometown, flint, michigan, home of the flintstones. she was born in the old women s hospital that formerly attended governor jim brickley unlike me, women s hospital doesn t exist anywhere, but stare with the school part of her youth that at least school and then unfortunately, her father who worked for gm was transferred several times in places to rochester, new york into the blue villa hills area, it dares older sister, sue fitzgerald. the big thing about our speaker tonight, our author is that sir fitzgerald was the first female editor in chief of the michigan daily. i was really some pain. so she was a pioneer in journalism for women as an undergraduate in college and it kind of fits right in to what i think she sensed when she first saw elly peterson.