Walter Cronkite has fond memories of his high school days as a Purple Pup reporter.
The CBS anchorman walked the halls of Houston's Lanier Middle School, where he worked for the school newspaper more than 65 years ago."There's nothing like this thrill of coming back," Cron-kite, 79, told students. "I started my journalism career at Lanier. I was a contributing writer at the Purple Pup."
Cronkite visited the school after receiving the Denton A. Cooley Leadership Award. Former Gov. Ann Richards presented the award, named for the heart surgeon and founder of the Texas Heart Institute.
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