Mark Ryan:  

Life After I left Limestone we went to England where I was hoping to get into the University of Liverpool but the draft got to me before I could start classes so I joined the Navy instead of going into the Army and being sent to Vietnam. So I spent two years in Vietnam mostly working with river boats in the Mekong Delta. When I got out I stayed with my folks in Omaha, NE., for a short time but it was long enough to meet my wife. I went to the University of Washington where I graduated in 76. My education was environmental land use planning and nothing showed up in the way of a job so I floated around for about 15 years, going through over a dozen jobs and business starts. In 92 while going through my midlife crisis I decided to go back to school and get my teaching credentials. I graduated from the Univ of Minnesota with my M.Ed and I was an 8th grade science teacher in Rochester, Mn. Being somewhat of a late bloomer, I am now finishing my PhD in Science Education; just have to finish my dissertation. I did some Adjunct Professor work with the UMN. As a tea...Expand for more