Down the Academic High Road

DOWN THE ACADEMIC HIGH ROAD traces the arduous, journey to acquire B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, and apply that knowledge to university teaching. Rising from humble beginnings as a lone North Dakota farm child, the author excels over many of his contemporaries, being selected as a Fulbright Scholar for a year's study in Australia. Three years as a flying officer in the U.S. Air Force inflict major bumps on the academic high road. Later, a chronic back ailment strikes him down, cuts short h...