U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today addressed a luncheon in Washington recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Following are her prepared remarks:
Thank you. It's an honor to be here today on the 30th anniversary of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. I want to thank your chairman, Dr. Roger Benjamin. And let me also thank my good friend and your president, Sara Martinez Tucker, for inviting me today. Sara was recently named a distinguished alumna of the University of Texas. And she was inducted into the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame for her work in the private sector and at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. I'm thrilled to have her on my new commission on the future of higher education. Sara's a woman who believes in setting high goals. And when she surpasses them, she just raises the bar even higher.
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