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Mary Theresa Schmich (born November 29, 1953) is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune . Born in Savannah, Georgia , the oldest of eight children, Schmich grew up in Georgia, attended high school in Phoenix, Arizona , and earned a B.A. from Pomona College . After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, Schmich attended journalism school at Stanford . She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune , at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Tribune.

