Kickin' it old school

Q: What high school and college did you go to?
A: I went to Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda Maryland from 1976 to 1980 and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from 1980 to 1984.

Q: What kind of student were you in terms of grades?
A: I was an excellent student, but I wasn’t a grade person. I was more knowledge oriented. I didn’t know what a G.P.A. was. I went to school because I liked books. In my senior year I ended up getting straight A’s, but I was the last to know. Nowadays all they care about is the G.P.A. and not the learning. Seek knowledge, seek understanding, and grades are a by product of that quest.

Q: What is the most rebellious thing you did in your high school or college years?
A: The most rebellious thing I did was to be myself. I wasn’t a follower. That’s rebellious. I stayed true to myself and my own values and beliefs. I didn’t acquiesce to popular mentality. I didn’t drink.

Q: What are some of the lessons that you have learned from your high school and college years?
A: One needs to make sure they enjoy their environment.  You can’t have a choice in high school but in college you can pick the school you attend. I should have picked a west coast college.

Q: How would you describe yourself in high school?
A: I was a student athlete. I played four years of varsity soccer All Metropolitan Honorable mention soccer. I was recruited by ten schools- Stanford, Brown, Yale, Princeton, all the Ivy’s. The academics was a rare combination because I was a scholar.