Lawrence J.

After graduating high school, I spent 4 years in the United States Marine Corps. Initially I thought that I would make a career out of the service, however as time passed, I realized that I had the ability and the desire to further my education. In 1979 I matriculated at Wake Forest University on the GI Bill. During that first year, it was a summer I took a physics course and quickly realized that I did not have the math background. After that I spent a year catching up my math skills and st…