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As a non-football playing ND student who didn't cross paths by CJC
with Ara until many years after graduation, I regarded Ara as one of the finest people I ever met, at Notre Dame or otherwise.
And that has nothing to do with his Hall of Fame coaching career. Ara would have brought the same integrity, values, commitment and compassion to any occupation, from CEO to groundskeeper.
In fact, given the way that fame can change some people, Ara's football success only makes his extraordinary decency that much more impressive.
He not only makes our recent coaches look less-than-pedestrian based upon a comparison of their won-lost records, he makes them pale in comparison as men, as human beings.