Returning to school for a business degree after 30 years of entrepreneurship was a valuable way to tie all that experience back to academic models and carefully evaluate how decisions could have been made better along the way. Working with a varied, accomplished cohort of professionals enhanced the insights and perspective the program provided. GPA: 3.62  Honors

4 years at Washington University was a wonderful exploration of many pursuits.  Originally accepted into the architecture school, I spent time in the school of education (and student taught 2nd grade) and the theater department studying design. Throughout my time in St. Louis, I worked in the community as a draftsman, freelance technician and designer.  In the fall of my senior year I was hired as the Facility Manager of the Sheldon Concert Hall, and the following summer took a position at Humboldt State University as the CenterArts Production Coordinator. While I never graduated (short a science requirement), I took full advantage of the opportunity to learn from an exceptional faculty.  GPA: 3.03, 122 credits