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Birth
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The life of Malcolm Knowles
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Unusual childhood entrepreneurial experiences
These included catching and selling baby alligators and collecting and mounting exotic butterflies to market to museums. -
Winner of the national prize for Boy Scouts---a trip to England
At the age of 15, Malcolm created a strategic plan in order to achieve his goal of earning the highest number of merit badges. He earned over fifty in that year to win the trip -
Earned a full tuition scholarship to Harvard
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Undergrad employment
Curator of the butterfly collection at Agassiz Museum of Natural History, social work and family counseling with Phillips Brooks House, New York Times deliveries, water boy for the Harvard football team. -
Graduated from Harvard
In a horrible job market. So he sold stockings door to door. -
Began work as the Department Administrator, National Youth Administration of Massachusetts
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Director of Adult Education, YMCA, Boston
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Director, USO Detroit, MI
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Lt. US Navy
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Executive Secretary, YMCA, Chicago
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Completed Master's Degree, University of Chicago
During this time his Master's thesis was published as his first book. -
Executive Director of Adult Education Association of the USA, Chicago
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Professor of Education, Boston University
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Ph.D., University of Chicago
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Professor of Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
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Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Death in Fayetteville AR
