Post by Logan on Jun 12, 2016 1:56:44 GMT -6
By the time Gonzalo Curiel returned to Indiana for his high school’s 40-year class reunion, he’d already made quite a name for himself.
The East Chicago native and Indiana University law graduate had become a federal prosecutor in California. He’d successfully prosecuted members of a Mexican drug cartel who sought to have him killed. He’d been appointed a Superior Court judge by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But when Curiel returned to Lake County in 2011 to reacquaint himself with members of the Bishop Noll Institute graduating class of 1971, he said very little about his achievements. Instead, Curiel exchanged stories from the old days with classmates he hadn’t seen in 40 years. He conversed eagerly with their spouses. And, like the quiet, popular boy they once knew, Curiel didn’t go out of his way to draw attention to himself.
“He was very humble. All the successes he had and everything — he wasn’t the one to expound on himself,” said Judi McCarthy, a classmate who sat with Curiel that night. “He was like an old friend.”
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/11/trump-judge-hoosier-and-american/85612608/
The East Chicago native and Indiana University law graduate had become a federal prosecutor in California. He’d successfully prosecuted members of a Mexican drug cartel who sought to have him killed. He’d been appointed a Superior Court judge by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But when Curiel returned to Lake County in 2011 to reacquaint himself with members of the Bishop Noll Institute graduating class of 1971, he said very little about his achievements. Instead, Curiel exchanged stories from the old days with classmates he hadn’t seen in 40 years. He conversed eagerly with their spouses. And, like the quiet, popular boy they once knew, Curiel didn’t go out of his way to draw attention to himself.
“He was very humble. All the successes he had and everything — he wasn’t the one to expound on himself,” said Judi McCarthy, a classmate who sat with Curiel that night. “He was like an old friend.”
Read more: www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/11/trump-judge-hoosier-and-american/85612608/