LeTourneau University offered less grant aid to undergraduates than both the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas and the average college in Texas. Similarly, fewer undergraduates took out federal student loans than the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas, but more than the average college in Texas.
E.E. Hoag used these feathers to invent the first feather duster. Using a short broom stick and splitting the feathers with a pocket knife, the duster was found to be too stiff for use. In 1874, the Hoag Duster Company was founded, which became a pioneer of feather dusters in the U.S. state of Iowa.
According to an interview with NPR, Cosby wrote his 2003 childrenâs book Friends of a Feather in search of a way to remember Ennis, and asked his oldest daughter, Erika, to illustrate the book. Erika, now 49, earned her B.A. from Wesleyan University and received a masterâs degree in painting from the University of California at Berkeley.