Arthur Levin:  

After Fox Lane, I attended Syracuse University (BA 1966) and American University for business (stopped 3 classes from graduation for a rest. I guess I fell asleep as I never finished my MBA). Thank god for an excellent Fox Lane education. I learned all of the other important stuff at SU - drinking, pool, poker, skiing, bridge, and, most of all, how to get along with people. Being draft deferred (sole surviving son), I moved to NYC and easily got a job at General Cable. That lasted three days - I quit. I could not imagine working if those whining, complaining fellow workers were what I had to expect for 40 years. I went home to Mt. Kisco for a weekend and had my "plastics" moment. One of my father's friends was over (I think it was Barry Feathers' dad.) He said to me "you were good at math and science. Why not try my field - data processing". I went back to NYC, got a job at CIT, and he was right. IT was just right for me. At that time not having a pocket protector and being able to write a complete sentence in English enabled me to shine. My employers included CIT Finance, Chesebrough-Pond's, Mars Inc., Weyerhaeuser in Boise ID, and Becton Dickinson. I did about every job in IT from technic...Expand for more