He always had senior students riding with him that was part of their curriculum, and so I got to get exposed to veterinary medicine. And I’m sure in my mind, although nothing was ever said or proven, that it was only because of his interest in helping me that I got into vet school. First of all, there were only 10 vet schools Pre-World War II in the country. And that’s how I ended up there at Iowa, Illinois didn’t have a school at that time. And the rules, as I recall it, according to the state rules there, all eligible Iowa students had to be admitted first. And then what was left of the class could be distributed to other states, outer of state kids. And it turned out that there were two of us from Illinois, a kid from Southern Illinois and me, we’re the only ones that got into that particular class of the vet school. And I worked hard, got good grades, but I certainly was not any outstanding person to be the guy to go to vet school.
