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Graduating in the middle of WW !!, I was very fortunate to receive a commission in the U. S. Naval Reserve and assignment to a research position at the U. S. Naval Laboratory. I ultimately retired as a Lt. Commander. In 1946 I entered the Graduate School of the University of Michigan and received my Ph. D. degree in Physical Chemistry in 1952. In 1955 I was very fortunate to be hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Michigan. I made it to Full Professor in 1962, and retired in 1993. During this time I taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, introductory materials, physical metallurgy, statistics, x-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy. I was instrumental in introducing the first electron microprobe analyzer, the first scanning electron microscope, the first analytical transmission electron microscope, and the first surface analysis instrument to the University. I was also active in the Electron Microscopy Society of America, and was elected its President in 1969. Since retiring I have traveled to more than twenty countries, and I have designed numerous accessories for electron microscopes. All of this wonderful lifetime was made possible by the excellent undergraduate education I received at Penn State.