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THIS GROUP HELPS KEEP BRAINS IN HIGH GEAR THE OVER-65 MEMBERS OF PLATO HAVE RETIRED FROM CEREBRAL CAREERS AND STILL THRIVE ON INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS.(FRONT)

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From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Date: 20020520
Author:Hall, Dee J.

Byline: Dee J. Hall Wisconsin State Journal

Even though she was president of PLATO, Joan McCarthy admitted she felt a little awestruck looking across a banquet hall full of the group's members. Many PLATO-ites in the room that day at the Memorial Union had distinguished themselves as experts in medical, academic and scientific fields, as captains of industry or leaders in their fields.

McCarthy's admiration is not hard to understand. When you sit with a group of PLATO members, the air fairly hums with brain power. Talk ranges from foreign travel and gourmet food to ...

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