Sherry Lansing to be Inducted as Member of the Horatio Alger Association as Role Model for Overcoming Humble Beginnings

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Date: 20031209
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"Sherry Lansing and all of the members of the Horatio Alger Association continue the tradition of proving that hard work, determination, and positive thinking are the keys to success and achieving the American dream," remarked Walter Scott, Jr., President of the Horatio Alger Association. Among the 585 prominent members of the Association are well-known Americans including entertainer Carol Burnett, former Senator Robert J. Dole, boxing legend George Foreman, Reverend Billy Graham, entrepreneur H. Wayne Huizenga, actor James Earl Jones and Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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