How did you meet your most influential mentor? How did that person change your career path for the better?

Tom Murphy. He was my football coach, wrestling coach, and academic advisor in high school. His coach and mentor was Ned Novell, who served under Patton. By the way, Tom was a friend and teammate of Dave Adolph in both high school and college. Adolph coached many college and NFL defenses to include Ohio State, the Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, and Kansas City Chiefs. It is amazing how similar the philosophy of all those men were.

COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen TSgt David L. SPC Woody Bullard SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Lt Col Charlie Brown SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SFC Shirley Whitfield PVT Mark Zehner SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan LTC Greg Henning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell SPC Douglas Bolton Alan K.

I met MSgt Bernard Botson during my SP18 semester. We took a World Literature course together. Since we met he has pushed me to focus on my education, caused me to reconsider going further (my original plan was to complete on my BA and he convinced me to work for a PhD), and has supported my process of getting and staying sober.

I met my mentor at church. He was my Reverend. He taught me how to live!