Cecil J. Butler, III:  

Life I went to Talladega College in 1980. I signed up in the Biology Pre-Nursing dual degree program with Tuskegee. After my third year and a 1.82 cumulative GPA, I "punched out". Back to Columbus, Ohio. After three years of go nowhere jobs, I went back to Dega in the spring of 1987 to beg then academic Dean Joseph Thompson to allow me to re-enter and complete my studies. Praise be to God he had mercy on me and let me enroll! Mom and Dad were done (Financially) with my butt! I changed my curriculum pattern to Business Administration. I even managed to be elected to the Business and Economics Club as President, and Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) as President! Made the deans list a couple of times too! My biggest accomplishment was a surprise induction into the "Who's Who of Students in American Colleges and Universities!" God is so very good to us! I received that induction in 1989, the same year I graduated! I began a Management Trainee program in Talladega, Alabama at Crown Textile Co. the following fall. About a year in I was laid off. So, after that, off to Jacksonville, Alabama to Jacksonville State University. Began my Masters program there. Only took one class before I had to stop to take on a full time job. Fumbled around Alabama as a manager at a McDonald's then back to Dega, where I took on a job as an operations manager for a mom and pops company, Simmons Janitorial. Then my folks called and said that they needed me to come home and take care of the house, the note and all. So, back to Columbus, Ohio I went and began work for Pitney Bowes then for the Federal Government, Defense Finance & Accounting Services. Well, I decided if they wouldn't prom...Expand for more