Making the Most of 2nd Chance Bout with Cancer Gave Evers the Drive to Become State Schools Chief

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When the surgery was over, the worst of the aftermath survived, and the tumor gone, Tony Evers met with his oncologist, Linn Khuu.

"You know, you've been given a second chance," she told him. "Go do something great."

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Making the Most of 2nd Chance Bout with Cancer Gave Evers the Drive to Become State Schools Chief

Evers felt a bit insulted at first. He thought he had worked hard and done good things for years. For one thing, he had been deputy state superintendent of public instruction for almost seven years at that point.

Then he decided she was right.

Now, Evers said, he would tell people who went through what he went through, "If you do get a second chance, make the most of it."

At 11 a.m. Monday, Evers, 57, will show what he is...

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