jl72smith

Finally got a girl friend (groupee) because of role as the Henry Fonda in "12 Angry Men" school play. Benignly ran away from a happy home at 15 to float the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, as a "Huck Finn". Originated the naked run to the Tiger later used as the "right of passage" into a mock fraternity at alma mater. Honorably discharged in 1970 from the U.S. Army as the first in that ROTC program to "get out" based on the strength of my opposition to the war. With everyone else wearing lace boots, plucked over 40 leeches from my feet during a "walkabout" in Australian rainforest because only had one pair of shoes - penny loafers - which miraculously lasted 10 months of Rotary Graduate Fellowship, Sydney University. Shepherded nation of Austria's original copy of "Silent Night, Holy Night" on national tour ending with audience with Today Show host, Jane Pauley. "Planner" for anti-poverty and prisons. Social entrepreneur ("do-gooder" in '74) failure in housing alternatives for elderly venture. Stare for hours at river valley from mountain cabin as relaxation from the conundrum of work in higher education community development. www.deltaced.astate.edu.