Kenneth Bass:
CLASS OF 1976
Keenan High SchoolClass of 1976
Columbia, SC
Yale UniversityClass of 1980
New haven, CT
Fairwald Middle SchoolClass of 1972
Columbia, SC
Kenneth's Story
Life
After four great years at Keenan, I took off for four more great years at Yale. Folks there thought I had a funny accent, and they were very naive and gullible about the South and South Carolina, but by the end of my freshman year all my roommates said "ya'll" without even thinking about it. After Yale, I went on to Georgetown Law School in Washington, where I met my eventual wife. But for one year in Atlanta working for a judge, I have settled in the Washington, DC area since 1980. My wife and I, and our two boys--ages 11 and 8--live in Arlington, a short subway trip away from my office in DC. For 21 years I was successful beyond my wildest dreams in the practice of law. In summer, 2005 I "retired" from my law pract...Expand for more
ice to pursue a new career in writing. It's not easy to break in as a writer, but I'm working at it. Right now I'm trying to find an agent or publisher for a novel I've written, and I'm about to start work on a nonfiction book about Hurricane Hugo (if you have a good Hugo story, I'd love to hear from you). These days I draw as much pleasure out of coaching my sons' soccer teams as from anything else. I get down to SC 3-4 times a year to see my mother, who still lives near Columbia, and my father, who lives in Charleston, and we usually spend a week of vacation at Kiawah in the summer. I always enjoy running into other Keenanites, both here and in SC, and I'm heartened by the life successes so many of our classmates have had.
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