Getting a character matrix out of a cell array "column"?

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Hi all,

So I read in a csv file with two columns, the first being, say, the name of a 
person the second her height, along with a header row ("name,height").

stuff = csv2cell('blah.csv')

To get the column of heights sans header, I do this:

h = [stuff{2:end,2}]'

h is now:

1.8
1.8
1.9

etc.

How do I get a similar thing for the text column?  I don't mind each row being 
truncated to a certain pre-determined column width, though having the max width 
calculated would be better.  Thus

names:  

Mary
Frances
Cecilia

etc

Thanks!