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Gibbon Revives Hero
Jan 1, 2001 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Dr. Peter Gibbon, research associate in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, spoke to Upper School students at an assembly in November. Gibbon believes we have abandoned heroes, but we still need them. “Hero is the name given to extraordinary individuals who embody qualities a society finds most admirable. They remind us of how much more we could do, and of how much better we could be,” Gibbon said.
Senior Querida Campbell has ideas about why heroes are hard to find in today’s world. “Many of the people that our society look up to have money, and we expect those people to be morally correct. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.” Campbell’s personal hero is Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General. “He came from a neighborhood near the one I grew up in, and I admire his motivation to accomplish his dream of becoming a doctor and helping people,” she said.
During the past two years, Gibbon has traveled around the country giving speeches about the disappearance of public heroes in American society, including a talk at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He has been interviewed on national television as well as on radio stations around the country about his work on heroism.
Senior Querida Campbell has ideas about why heroes are hard to find in today’s world. “Many of the people that our society look up to have money, and we expect those people to be morally correct. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.” Campbell’s personal hero is Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General. “He came from a neighborhood near the one I grew up in, and I admire his motivation to accomplish his dream of becoming a doctor and helping people,” she said.
During the past two years, Gibbon has traveled around the country giving speeches about the disappearance of public heroes in American society, including a talk at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He has been interviewed on national television as well as on radio stations around the country about his work on heroism.
