Bill Christian:  

Now that I've finally entered into the later stages of my youth, I find myself thinking back to Hughes more and more. Thanks to one professor who told me he'd never give me a passing grade ("You're very intelligent, Mr. Christman, but you don't have the personality to succeed in engineering.") I had to spend six years getting through a five year program. (By the way, Dr, Palmer, I eventually retired as the Assistant Chief of Operations at the Corps o...Expand for more