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    • Aug 9, 1968
    Maxene Andrews announces she will become dean of women at Tahoe Paradise College, effectively dissolving The Andrews Sisters. The group had country hits in the 1940s by collaborating with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
    Jun 9, 1970
    Bob Dylan receives an honorary doctorate from Princeton University. The renowned singer/songwriter nets several country hits, including Garth Brooks' rendition of "To Make You Feel My Love" and Johnny Cash's "It Ain't Me, Babe"
    Jul 20, 1970
    Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook receives an electronics diploma from Alabama Technical College in Gadsden, Alabama
    Sep 28, 1971
    Johnny Cash receives an honorary doctorate of humanities from Gardner-Webb Baptist College in Boiling Springs, North Carolina
    Apr 16, 1972
    Indiana University bestows an honorary doctorate of music on local songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, who penned "Georgia On My Mind," a future Willie Nelson hit
    Nov 10, 1972
    Former veterinary student Ray Price is recognized among the distinguished alumni of the University of Texas-Arlington
    May 16, 1974
    Future Diamond Rio drummer Brian Prout receives the Roger Fulkerson Memorial Award, given to the top percussionist at Troy High School in New York
    Jun 24, 1974
    Brian Prout graduates from Troy High School in New York, a step on his way to becoming the drummer for Diamond Rio
    May 8, 1976
    The Man in Black dons a black robe: Johnny Cash receives an honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from San Diego's National University. San Diego mayor Pete Wilson declares Johnny Cash Day
    May 31, 1976
    Nitro High School's 285-student senior class graduates in a commencement exercise at the Charleston Civic Center in West Virginia. Among those receiving their diplomas: future country singer Kathy Mattea



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