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This Dialogues program features a local educator who had been nominated, and subsequently was named “National Teacher of the Year.” He came from a field of 3.2 million teachers and was one of four finalists at the time of this interview. He has taught history in Room 200 at Oberlin high school for 25 years. Russell explains his pursuit of teaching and history as his career. Learn how three pictures…of MLK, JFK, and Jesus Christ influenced the pursuit of his vocation. His national fame, punctuated with several later interviews by major media, may be short lived, but his value as an educator lives on and is treasured by students he has mentored over the years.