Day 4
“At every phase in your life, look at your options. Please, do not select boring ones.” Barbara Hillary, who shared that bit of advice for New School graduates in 2007, selected anything but boring options. As the first black woman to reach both the North and South poles, Ms. Hillary accomplished both feats in her 70s after deciding as a retired nurse that she wanted a little adventure in her life. She died on November 23, 2019 at the age of 88. In other notable deaths, Clive