"He couldn't talk about it much at the time, but in later years it got to a point where I was like, 'Dad, you've got to tell me everything!'"

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When I decided at the age of 14 that I wanted to leave home to go to the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it was dad who packed up the car and made sure that I got there.

FORBES: Thanks, Dad.