| B.F. McClerren, Ph.D, is a retired
college professor. His educational background includes rhetoric,
history, philosophy, and theology. He taught the Lincoln Seminar,
History and Criticism of Public Address, Philosophy, and Rhetorical
Theory at Eastern Illinois University for thirty years. On Sept.
18, 1994 McClerren portrayed Lincoln for the C-Span reenactment
of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas debate at Charleston, Illinois. Also
in 1994 the Association of Lincoln Presenters honored McClerren
with "The Lincoln Presenter of the Year," Award. |
- Dorothy A. McClerren is a retired elementary teacher.
She identifies with Mary Lincoln's height, color of hair, color
of eyes, and facial features. In 1995 Dorothy was awarded first
place in the Mary Todd Lincoln Look Alike contest at Hodgenville,
Kentucky. She also received the "Mary Todd Lincoln Presenter
of the Year" award from the Association of Lincoln Presenters
in 1995.
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| Dr. McClerren said: "When I portray Lincoln
I want my audiences to philosophize with Lincoln as he wrestles
with questions of God, truth, freedom, responsibility, and constitutional
government. I want them to laugh with Lincoln the lawyer and
politician as he tells jokes and stories. I want them to weep
with Lincoln the grieving father and war weary president. I want
them to hear the best of Lincoln as he delivers his most famous
speeches." |
- Mrs. McClerren said: "I believe that Mary Lincoln has
been much maligned. I want to realistically represent her life
in Kentucky, Illinois, and in the White House. When my audiences
hear Mary Lincoln I want them to feel and understand her soul,
to laugh and weep with her."
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