The letter from the college on the harbor arrived at the beginning of April. "Not too much good news transmits by mail today," Edwin Moses observes. So he was startled to learn that UMass-Boston was making him an honorary doctor of science. "I was excited for the next six weeks, and now I'm excited continuously," says the legendary Olympic track ... (Full article: 862 words)

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