Ronald Lane:  

Everything began in 1950 in Flushing, Queens, NYC. I spent the early part of my life in Bayside, Queens in a suburban like existence in the most urban environment in the US. After my father was transferred to West Palm Beach, I ended up spending the rest of my youth at the beach, or to be more geographically specific Lake Worth FL. I graduated LWHS in 1968. I'd like to think I spent most of my time studying hard and getting ready for college. Unfortunately, as some of you will attest, I didn't come across as if I was doing all that much of that. Before long I realized that I needed to get serious about the rest of my life. Fortunately I was able to enroll in the school that was my first choice and so I was off to Florida Southern in Lakeland. My four year on the Frank Lloyd Wright campus were quiet good. I enjoyed myself , but I wasn't the only one. I did get serous about my studies. Received academic honors, and a BA in history. I enjoyed the extracurricular activities as well, especially anything that had to do with political activism and government activities in general. After graduation in 1972, I began a MA in History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk VA. Stayed there for a while and then transferred to Western Illinois University with a full graduate assistantship. Staying afloat with graduate assistantships and Masters Degrees became a way of life for a while. Those who have lived there know that Macomb, Illinios, the home of WIU, is conducive to such desires; it's just that mine was little more extreme than most. Anyway over the next decade I would finish with three Masters Degrees: History, Political Science and Sociology, and some fine work ex...Expand for more