Ruth "Duffy" Knight '37

Ruth was born in Omaha on July 28, 1915. Her parents were Martin Sylvester McDuffee and Ida Belle Knoll (McDuffee). She briefly lived in Madison, NE, where her father was a county judge. In 1922 the family moved to Norfolk, NE, living a few houses away from Johnny Carson's parents. She attended Grant Elementary School and graduated as salutatorian from Norfolk High School. The following fall she matriculated at Grinnell College in Iowa. She loved college life and the expanding horizons it provided. She majored in English and History, graduated in 1937 and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board Society honors.