It was my dad who drove me to Duke University when I was in junior high so that I could take the SATs and participate in one of their fancy programs.

FORBES: Thanks, Dad.

When I was doing doctoral research in the late 1980s, the University of Jordan housed a massive collection of books in what was then called the "forbidden room" of the school's library.

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In 1986, when I was a quarterback at Syracuse University, we installed a defensive formation called Cover 8.

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In October 1993, when I was music director at the University of Wisconsin's then-microscopic student radio station, WLHA, MTV came to town as part of a tour of college campuses.

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