"I grew up on a little farm in South Dakota. Father George's family were my next-door neighbors. He convinced me to go to Notre Dame! When I walked into my quint in Walsh, the four girls were already there: two of them had fathers on the Notre Dame Board of Trustees, one's father was the curator of the Snite, and one's father was the mayor of LaPorte. After we'd unpacked, they suggested we go to brunch, so we walked to the Morris Inn. We met Father Ted there. And he knew all their names. It was a little intimidating, but everyone was so kind and so welcoming. It didn't matter that I'd come from a house on a farm. And now, those roommates are some of my best friends, after undergrad and law school at Notre Dame."