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Issue date: 4/8/09 Originally published at: The Traveler Online Edition  Media Credit: Larry Ash Former President George H. W. Bush greets the Fulbright Tsunami Scholars of a question and answer session Monday. At his speech Monday evening, he emphasized the necessary role of community service in leading a successful life. Other than making clear his contempt for broccoli, former President George H. W. Bush suggested that "every American is called to greatness" and encouraged everyone to "find some way to serve" when he spoke to students and members of the Fayetteville community Monday in Barnhill Arena.
"There can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service," Bush said. "The lives you are able to touch are their own reward."
Bush, who has had a career built on public service, drew on many personal examples as he spoke to the nearly 4,000 members of the UA campus and surrounding area.
He recalled a time when he was the captain of his college soccer team and had called home to tell his mother about the three goals he scored in a single game.
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