User:Michelamillerdickson96/sandbox

Hobbies

 * Biking
 * Traveling
 * Collecting antique puzzle books

Early life and education

 * At 16 years of age, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell publications.
 * Shortz wrote his thesis about the history of American word puzzles

Honors and Awards

 * Shortz gave the commencement speech for his alma mater, Indiana University, on May 3, 2008. As an introduction to his speech, Shortz quizzed the audience on well-known IU graduates and their unconventional majors. He advised recent graduates to pick a career in which they "don't mind the least interesting parts." Shortz apparently also wrote brainteasers and a hidden message that were included in the printed commencement program.


 * Shortz also gave a commencement speech in 2018 at the University of Virginia Law School Commencement.

Will Shortz bibliography

 * https://imp.sitehost.iu.edu/news/profiles/shortz.shtml
 * https://littlevillagemag.com/outside-the-box-an-interview-with-will-shortz/
 * https://www.npr.org/people/2101852/will-shortz
 * https://www.idsnews.com/article/2008/04/iu-alumnus-new-york-times-crossword-editor-will-shortz-to-deliver-graduation-speech
 * https://www.c-span.org/video/?205168-1/indiana-university-commencement-address#


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