They’ve seen it all, from the “happy days” of the 1950s to the war on terror. Along the way, they launched their own careers, married, raised children, dealt with prosperity and heartbreak, with growing older and death.
Their story is the story of millions of Americans, but there’s something different here.
For half a century now, they have been followed by scientists at the University of Wisconsin, who have compiled a unique record of the lives of about 10,000 people who graduated from that state’s high schools in 1957.