Evan Wolf:  

After my sophomore year, my family moved to Warren, PA where I graduated with a class of 435 (a bit bigger than my class in Nelsonville). I adjusted to the larger school pretty well, but I don't think that I knew everyone in my class. I went to college at Cleveland State University, majoring in Chemistry after initially working on a degree in Chemical Engineering. While there, I was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TEKE), president of the men's Glee Club, and active in many other things on campus. I was a co-op student, and worked for three companies during my co-op quarters. The draft lottery was held during my senior year there, but I was lucky enough to find a National Guard unit that had openings. I went to basic training at Fort Campbell, KY after I graduated. My advanced training was in Field Artillery at Fort Sill, OK. I returned to Warren, PA after college, initially working for Sylvania Electric, in their R&D labs as an electroplating chemist. I lost that job in the late fall of 1970 during an economic downturn, and later worked as Chief Chemist at Jamestown Electroplating. While in Warren, I was active in the Warren Players and in the local Barbershop Chorus. In 1973, I accepted a job as a Quality supervisor with Johnson & Johnson in a suburb of Chicago. While there, I started work on my MBA at the University of Chicago. I was transferred in the spring of 1976 to central New Jersey to be a Quality Assurance manager at a new plant they were starting in Skillman. I continued work towards my MBA at Rutgers University. In 1978, I transferred to another Johnson & Johnson company as a Senior Scientist in their technical services department. About 18 months later, I became a Senior Buyer buying the primary material used by that company (many of my projects as a scientist involved that material, so it was a natural fit). I finished my MBA in May, 1980, and was transferred to that divisions new headquarters in Arlington, TX. While working there, I started running. I also met my wife, Peggy. Less than a year after we met and started dating, I lost my job in another RIF. I returned to the Quality field as Director of Quality, working for two different companies in the DFW area. During this period, I continued my...Expand for more