Dr. Gay Pepper
Inspired by History
A Stanford senior and English major in 1963, Gay Stebbins Pepper was dramatically influenced by her People to People experience.
During a program at the State Department, Attorney General Robert Kennedy personally addressed her delegation and spoke of the importance of consideration for our fellow citizens across the globe.
After witnessing President John F. Kennedy's historic "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in the shadow of the Berlin Wall and learning a little about the recent history of the area, her entire perspective of the world changed. She had to know why the wall was built and how Hitler could have come to power. Pepper went home, changed her major to history, and went on to earn a doctorate in the field.
Forty years after her life-changing experience, Pepper said it "made me see that our country is part of a global society and has the potential to be a positive leader in the world."
