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I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

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Stephen Ambrose
Age: 66 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 10
Died: 2002
Died: October 13
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Decatur
Illinois
Stephen Edward Ambrose
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