The Way We WereAuthorHouse, 25/04/2006 - 228 من الصفحات The story of Ray Pettit is the story of America. a country of decent and generous people, a country with a heritage and system of government based on liberty and the rights of individuals, a country where opportunity has no bounds. Encouraged by his mill-worker parents, who were lacking in formal education but not in intelligence, character, and love for their children, he used his natural ability in mathematics and high-level academic achievement as a springboard to great accomplishments in engineering, some of which contributed to the development of today's modem cellphone technology .Mill-Village Boy begins with the story of a barefoot boy in overalls, in the small town of Canton, Georgia, during the depression years of the 1930s. Unconditionally loved by his parents, Ray Pettit went from Class Valedictorian to graduation from Georgia Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering. This was followed by Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, and outstanding achievements in industry and academia. Mill-Village Boy has elements of intrigue and danger, love and adventure, comedy and sadness, loyalty and betrayal. . . a fascinating description of an exciting and rewarding life! |
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Meet JIM | 1 |
Call It Typing | 2 |
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 | 5 |
My First Visit to a Vaudeville Theatre | 7 |
My Mothers Blue Steamer Trunk | 9 |
Sights and Sounds of My Older Indianapolis | 11 |
Some of my early playmates were black | 17 |
Mame McCannBallTodd | 19 |
Dont Do Anything | 32 |
The Hollywood Pirates | 36 |
The Oriental Theatre in Hollywood | 37 |
The Guardians Home | 40 |
We Begin Again | 47 |
Stouts A Factory Shoe Store | 51 |
Life Magazine Premier Issue | 53 |
The Rudolph Valentino Haircut | 54 |
Mary Ellen Wiley Laub | 23 |
The Movie Marathon and the Necco Wafers | 26 |
Public School Number Two | 29 |
School Education | 30 |
Singing by the Jukebox | 56 |
Had a Grandmother and a Sam Brown | 59 |
The Good Humor Man | 61 |