Area native speaks at La. Tech graduation

Jonesville native and Louisiana Tech University alumna Rosemary âToniâ Wurster Chandler Turner was the featured speaker at fall commencement. (Photograph by Emerald McIntyre/ Louisiana Tech University)

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December 6, 2022

Longtime community service enthusiast and Louisiana Tech University alumna Rosemary “Toni” Wurster Chandler Turner of Dallas shared in her address to Fall 2022 graduates the ways in which her Tech education taught valuable life-long lessons.

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By Craig Franklin Editor

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