Robert Nelson:  

Life My life hasn't progressed exactly as I planned when I was younger - but if life were that predictable, it would be so boring. Here is a thumbnail: - Left Kalamazoo Central after Junior year to attend Western Michigan - it seemed safer than what was going on a Central at the time! - Transfered sophomore year to the University of Michigan where I studied honors math. My second day at Michigan I met a woman named Nancy at a get-acquainted picnic. More on that later. My last semester there, the State of Michigan ran out of money and reneged on a scholarship promise, so I got a job, where I met a couple of Aerospace Engineers who were thinking of forming a business. Again, more later. - Math next took me Cornell, where I concentrated on Infinite Dimensional Topology. During my four years there, I taught calculus and differential equations, which I really enjoyed. I continued to be convinced that I would end up a professor at a small liberal arts college. - Those guys from U-M formed that company, and summers and vacations, they hired me to help them put their numerical simulation work ...Expand for more