Robert Byrd: 1917-2010
President John Kennedy shakes hands with Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W. Va., at American University graduation exercises in Washington, June 10, 1963. The university gave Kennedy an honorary doctor of law degree. Byrd earned his bachelor of laws degree, cum laude, through night school study.
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia Dies at 92
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