In the last week of my senior year I took a physics course and did all the homework, except the last chapter which was on nuclear physics. I did not read it and was distracted by all the festivities and arrangements for leaving. I thought I knew about it. HA! Of course an important part of the final exam was on nuclear physics. I barely passed, and by the skin of my teeth I graduated.
When I was with Mobil Oil in the planning department I requested to be Mobil’s delegate to the nuclear power industry and was involved in all aspects of electric energy for many years. I spent a lot of time studying nuclear energy and warfare to compensate for being so neglectful of my courses in the past. From Yale onward my motto was to become an expert about everything I did. I became a McKinsey Scholar for an MBA at Columbia. I retired after 30 years at Mobil, and learned not to go along to get along, thus earning the respect of top management. I learned five foreign languages to be able to read laws and figure out how to get laws and contracts changed, and had fun doing it over in 58 counties including as a consultant. We have thousands of books in our home library to continue learning, emulating my Grandfather who was ’06 Yale.
I have no regrets for my life after Yale and still look forward to new learning and meeting challenges. The best thing in my life was marrying my wife Linda at the end of my junior year and still being married to her. Boola!