Lawrence Butler:  

Lawrence is from Silver Spring, Maryland. His schools include Kennedy High School. He later graduated from UMUC, and later from the University of Maryland. He worked at NIH for 34 years and is now retired. More about Lawrence:"I was born in Karachi, Pakistan. My Father worked for the State Department and was stationed in various places throughout the world for 2-year stints. He was stationed in Haiti for two years during which time I was hit by a car and lay in a coma for almost 2 weeks. Nothing serious, just a skull fracture, torn off ear, and cross-eyed for the next three months. I graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1973 and got a job with the Federal Government in 1976. I began with NIGMS for a couple of years as a Clerk-Typist (GS-4), and Clerk (Typing) (GS-5). I then moved to NHLBI as a Grants Clerk (GS-6). A few years later I moved to DRG as a Grants Technical Assistant (GS-7). After a few months of that, I took a downgrade back to a GS-5 ...Expand for more