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To: joseffy who wrote (14548)	1/19/2009 5:00:14 PM
From: gary54	Respond to of 50428

The premise is the list includes those who did not either attend college or finish college... By April 1984 Dell's dorm room computer-components business was grossing about $80,000 a month -- enough to persuade him to drop out of college. Source:http://www.hoovers.com/globaluk/sample/co/history.xhtml?ID=ffffryrsyrrcyrhrsh

To: joseffy who wrote (14548)	1/19/2009 5:16:15 PM
From: JimisJim	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50428

Everyone on that list, but Disney, went to college... they may have dropped out, etc., but they went... Unitas went for 4 years and then had to drop out because Louisville dropped his scholarship... Truman attended law college for a couple of years, after receiving the equivalent of a college education on his way to becoming an Army Capt., Allen and Gates met while students at Harvard... Dell started his company in his dorm room as a student... OK, didn't check the list of presidents, but remember that back in the 18th century, there weren't many colleges in the world, period, and wealthy folks hired tutors for their kids who often learned to read/write latin and greek among other things, thus getting probably a better education that today's ave. college student... Jim

To: joseffy who wrote (14548)	1/19/2009 6:55:48 PM
From: Webster Groves	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50428

I think you are on to something. I have found a few more by fishing the Internet: Gandhi Hitler Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) Pancho Villa most soldiers in the Army But most surprising of all, neither St. Paul nor Jesus himself ever went to college, and look at the influence they have had on Western culture. If we go back to the original premise, however, the question was whether a college education has any value. I believe it does, even if you are a dope like our ex-pres to be. wg