James Tompkins:  

I wasn’t a go-getter in H S. I had the same opportunities that classmates had, but just coasted along, not realizing things in future technology I could really do. One of my teachers, Mr. Greer- teaching Physics- was the main reason I decided to go to college. He challenged me when handing out the last test of my senior year and said "Well, Jim, you passed pretty good, but you shouldn't bother with college. You are smart and you know how things work, but you're lazy and don't study." I took his challenge anyway. My junior year at OSU was a turning point for me- I had gotten most of the way through the Electrical Engineering challenges, and I realized I had b...Expand for more