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Historical Photo Guessing Game: Lake Forest College Graduate is Diana Nyad

Weekly posting celebrates Lake Forest's 150th anniversary.

No, she's not from Lake Forest.

But Diana Nyad did attend , and graduated Phi Betta Kappa in the early 1970s.

You might have heard about her recently. Nyad, 62, tried to swim the 104 miles between Cuba and Florida, but had to give up after 82 miles due to jellyfish stings.

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According to her website, Nyad swam 102. 5 miles or the longest swim in history from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous world records, including what had been a 50-year mark for circling Manhattan Island, setting the new time of 7 hours, 57 minutes.

Reader Chris Kirn did choose Diana's name as one of her guesses. Thanks, Chris!

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Thanks again for your continued participation and feedback. It is greatly appreciated.

If you have a historical photo to submit for posting, e-mail the editor, Jim Powers, at james.powers@patch.com.


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