After more than 70 years of waiting, Helen Lannin (Henkens) received her degree from Midland University.
[Helen Lannin receives her honorary degree from Jamie Simpson, Chief Academic...
Anniversary Date: November 25, 1995
Love Story: I was a non-traditional student attending Midland after serving four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, and through some friends in the same boat we were, we met at John C. Fremont Days. However, I was dating someone else and she was to be introduced to someone else. Long story short, our situations didn't work out and we met later that fall. As I was driving through the Midland parking lot one day, I saw her at her car and I stopped to chat. The rest is history.