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JOHNNY HANSON CHRONICLE Patricia McGill praises retired educator and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sister Hazel Hainsworth Young, 103. Sorry, your version of Flash doesn't support this video. Please download the latest version at adobe.com. After 90 years, Hazel Hainsworth Young still remembers her teacher father's elegant handwriting, the crisp, starched white blouse that became a high school Latin teacher's trademark, the library books that opened her mind to a wider world — in short, all the factors, great and small, that propelled her into an educator's career that spanned eight decades. Young, at 103 the last living member of Jack Yates High School's inaugural 1926 faculty, was honored Wednesday by the Houston Independent School District for her lengthy service. Young, who began as a substitute teacher at Yates and later... [read full story]
