Duward Bean:  

Life In school, I went from Lisbon Elem. in 1940 to John Henry Brown Elem. (during WW2), then back to Lisbon after WW2. Because of crowding in Lisbon, the upper level of my 7th grade class went to Boude Story Jr. High one semester early, in September of 1947. At that time, Dallas ISD had graduations from all school levels in both January and June. Thus, I entered Adamson High in January 1950 to begin my 10th (sophomore) grade and graduated in January 1953. I went to Texas A&M in January 1953 and attended two years. We ran out of money, so I went to work. In June 1955, I married Pat Joseph, who had just finished her sophomore year at South Oak Cliff HS. My work transferred me to Houston, where we lived for a year. In 1956, with a week-old daughter, we moved to Lake Jackson, Texas, on the Gulf Coast I went to work at Dow Chemical Co. We lived there for 15 years and had four more children. During this period, I finished my education, Pat had gone to work as a darkroom flunky at the local newspaper, The Brazosport Facts. She moved up quickly to photographer, then reporter. At the same time, I realized I needed to get away from chemistry or go nuts (I think I already was nuts, just didn't know it). I was bored doing the same thing every day. So, when the Fa...Expand for more