I had known COL. Jim Alcorn since my undergraduate days. I really don’t recall when we first met. After retiring as head of the Army ROTC at UK, he became a UK administrator. I admired him, and viewed him as a student-friendly administrator; I always felt that we had a mutual admiration society. When I received my undergraduate degree (spring 1968), I had planned to go to law school; however, at the height of the Viet Nam war, the draft had other plans for me. Rather than being drafted, I enlisted and applied to go to Office Candidate School (OCS). Due to the numbers of persons going to OSC, there was a delay in my entering into the service. At that time, COL. Alcorn was in charge of the Placement Service at UK. I went to visit him, seeking advice as to what I might do for the six months delay period. Before I left his office, he had me an interview for a teaching position in the Clark County (Winchester) School System. I went for the interview the next day and start teaching the next week.