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Nick Sullivan


University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen and First Lady Shelly Caslen pose on their wedding day. They married on April 16, 1977.

Caslen love story spans 43 years, thousands of miles

He was a soldier, set to leave West Point to begin military training in six months. She was a secretary, born and raised in Highland Falls, New York, with no plans of ever leaving. Today, Bob and Shelly Caslen are the president and first lady of the University of South Carolina.

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