David McIntyre:  

When I hit St. George's in 1964 I had a small case of cultural shock. Now I was a boarder in the school where you were required to work. While my goals was to blend in so while I didn't make a secret of it I learn quickly not to make it an issue that I was an American. But I soon learned that St. George's was significantly different from a small town public-school in Washington state. With the help of some really decent masters, I slowly worked myself up to a level of reasonable competence in the following three years. I've often wondered what Bacon would've thought of the fact that I managed to get an engineering degree and two masters in business and law, after he said I would never be able to get into University. I spent more than 30 years with my own business as a consulting manufacturing engineer, traveling to Europe to visit companies more than 20 times. I remember Stephenson, Hardy, Langtry, Manson, and many other fellow students who I met during my three years at St. George's. Masters who remain in my memory are Collins, Bacon, Parker-Jervis, and others who were really competent and the equal of many professors at University. I attended Oregon State University, Gonzaga University, and the University of Washington for a total of nine years. I must say that I really enjoyed my experience at St. George's and the frien...Expand for more