John R. Bell:
CLASS OF 1979
Rock Bridge High SchoolClass of 1979
Columbia, MO
Jefferson Junior High SchoolClass of 1976
Columbia, MO
The Model SchoolClass of 1974
Elgin, IL
McKinley Elementary SchoolClass of 1971
Elgin, IL
John R.'s Story
Life
After I left Rock Bridge I went into college for a
degree in biochemistry. I went to Mizzou, my first
year and a half, Central Missouri State University
my second year, where my dad told me that if I went
there I could take flying lessons. I did, and really
didn't like the school, so the next year I went to
University of Illinois back in my home city of Chicago.
AFter this I eventually moved back so Columbia with my
then girlfriend because she wanted to study photojournalism. The thin...Expand for more
gs you do for love when you're
young...Ahhh... After some very rebellious times in
Columbia, I went to St. Louis and ended up as a
Molecular Biologist/Genetic Engineer at Washington
University School of Medicine in the department of
Hematology/Oncology with the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute. It was part of a dream come true for me and
I was settling into my professional career there. It
was a great place to be and a great time for studying
genetic engineering. (Will write more later...).
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