Former President Clinton gives the keynote address at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to the students and teachers killed or injured at Columbine High School April 20, 1999.
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Bio
Dawn Anne Beck
Dawn Anne Beck: Mother of Columbine victim Lauren Townsend
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School.
Bob Easton
Bob Easton: Columbine Memorial Committee Chairman
Pastor Gino Geraci
Pastor Gino Geraci
Gino Geraci is the Senior Pastor at Calvary South Denver in Littleton, Colorado.
Gino has a diverse background which includes seven years with the Department of Social Services in San Bernadino County. He is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and the Rio Hondo P.O.S.T. certification program. Pastor Gino spent seven years as Assistant Pastor at Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque with Skip Heitzig and in 1987 he founded Calvary Chapel De Santa Fe in New Mexico. He has hosted several national radio programs and is a well known conference speaker.
Gino has also been one of the Chaplains for the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department which provides crisis intervention counseling to the public.This placed him in a unique position to minister during the Columbine tragedy. He is currently Chaplain for the Denver County Police Department.
Beck's emotional message provides a persoal account of what this memorial will offer to the families and community that are forever affected by the Columbine shootings.