Bill Steele:  

Went to Cornell and studied physics, thinking I was going to invent antigravity or something and save the world. But I also wrote for the student newspaper and the humor magazine. After two years in the Air Force (flying a desk), ended up working for a newspaper in California, and eventually discovered there was a niche for writers who understand science. Did a lot of work for Scholastic Magazines, writing science articles for magazines they pass put to middle school kids -- the modern version of those "My Weekly Reader" things we used to get. Now I work for Cornell writing press releases about their research. Yeah, still working full-time. Retirement would be boring. I get to watch all the people who are really inventing stuff to save the world. Fellow students at Cornell included Peter Yarrow, who went on to be part of of Peter, Paul and Mary, who was the president of the Cornell Folk Song Club, where I got some experience playing guitar and singing in front of groups of people. In California in the 60s I got into a lot more of ...Expand for more