Centenarian donates life work and more to Vermont college

NEWBURGH, United States - Goddard College President Barbara Vacarr looks through a book of poetry by Hideichi Oshiro, part of a donation by Oshiro to the school, during an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 14, 2011 in her Plainfield, Vermont office. (Kyodo)

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