Eric Pulier: Academic Back Ground And Career

Elbert Frank Cox was born December 5, 1895 in Evansville, Indiana He grew up with his parents, maternal grandmother and two brothers. Elbert F. Cox was born and raised in a college town in a racially mixed neighborhood, but at segregated schools. In fact, his father, a school principal, had graduated from Evansville College and had done graduate work at Indiana University. Raised in a close knit and religious family, Cox learned the importance of education and fostered a talent in mathematics. During his life, he overcame various difficulties which arose because of racism. When young Elbert demonstrated unusual ability in high school mathematics and physics, he was directed toward Indiana University. With all the separation and hardship and strife around him at the time it inspired him to strive for a better education. At high school Elbert showed talents which made his choice of career a difficult one. He was a talented violinist but also showed remarkable talents in mathematics and physics. Cox was awarded a music scholarship which would have enabled him to travel to Europe to study at the Prague Conservatory of Music. His love of mathematics won and he entered Indiana University.

Elbert Frank Cox was born on December 5, 1895 in Evansville, Indiana. Cox was an African American, Lived in an racially mixed neighborhood but went to a segregated school. Cox was the oldest out of three kids, His father was an elementary school principal who graduated from Evansville College and did graduate work at Indiana University. The Cox family learned that education was important and was inspire by it. Cox developed a talent skillset in math which lead him towards Indiana University where he studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry. In 1917 Elbert Frank Cox graduated from Indiana University with his A.B. degree. Later that year Cox entered the army to serve in World War I. After that Cox returned to pursue a career in teaching a high school math instructor in Henderson, Kentucky.

Eric Walters is an author born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 3, 1957. He attended York University and is a former teacher, he was a teacher at Vista Heights Public school in Mississauga, Ontario. He switched over to being an author as of January 31, 2014. It all started in 1993 when Walters was teaching a grade 5 class, but he had many hesitant students that weren't very interested in reading or writing. In order to encourage them to get more involved in literature, he began to write. He actually wrote his first novel for this class, the book is known as “Stand Your Ground”. The novel not only included him teaching at the school but also the students and their Streetsville community. He started to write more and more books over the years

Ernest study at Kimball Hall Academy in New Hampshire before he enrolled into Dartmouth College. As a freshman, Ernest had the highest grades in Greek. He was selected for a Rufus Choate Scholar for two years. In 1907 Ernest had graduated as a Sole Magna Cum Laude student. He made honors in botany, sociology, and history. He was the only recipient to be a Sole Magna Cum Laude, at Dartmouth in 1907.

Esther Popel was born in July 16, 1896 in Harrisburg, PA to a mother and father named Helen King Anderson, and Joseph Gibbs. Esther had two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother. Esther was a woman that accomplished a lot, but is never heard too much about. In a Popel’s life time she had a career in teaching, says The Daily Times. She was also an active Harlem Renaissance poet, involved in The Negro History, and education. Popel was a founder of many African American women organizations

Harry T. Williams was born on May 19, 1909. When in college, he was encouraged by a professor to study history. This professor's main interest was the Civil War era and had a great effect on Williams. He attended Platteville State Teachers College (later Wisconsin State University at Platteville) where he received a B.Ed in 1931. Williams continued education into graduate school was mainly due to the lack of work during the Great Depression. He went on to earn a Ph.M. in 1932, and Ph.D. in 1937, from the University of Wisconsin (Dawson 431).

After graduating he studied for a time at Columbia University, taking classes that interested him to learn, but never seemed to stay focused for long. He left with a Degree in Law, and an understanding of French, Spanish, and

After high school, in 1921, he started college at Dartmouth to be a professor. He would draw cartoons for the college magazine, and he began signing his work with the name Seuss. In 1925 he graduated at Dartmouth and enrolled at Oxford University where he met a young woman named Helen Palmer. After two years he dropped out of Oxford and moved back to the United States., but not without his friend Helen. “She encouraged him to give up teaching and become an artist.” (Adil 11)

His family were sent to an internment camp following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Clark. B, 2015). He spent the first years of his life there, and his family was left with nothing. After he was able to leave the camp, he then shortly after started his education at Andrew Hill High school. After graduating he Enrolled at San Jose State University. There, he majored in Spanish and Biological Sciences. Before graduating, he had a short stint with the peace corps and traveled all throughout South America. He then proceeded to gain a Master’s degree in Education from San Jose State University. In his 30-year career as an educator, he served as a principal in two different public schools, school board member and conducted education research at Stanford University. (Evans. S,

Eric Robert Walters was born on March 3, 1957 (age 60) in Toronto Ontario. Eric now lives in Mississauga with his wife, Anita, his 3 children, Christina, Nik, Micah and his 2 dogs, Lola and Winnie the poodle. Eric walters was an elementary grade school teacher at Vista Heights Public School in Streetsville Ontario. He was the teacher of a grade 5 class. To help and encourage his students to be more creative in their writing, he started writing his first book, “Stand Your Ground”. He now was successfully published over 80 books for youth and adults. Eric Walters has received over 20 awards including CBC choice award, National Outdoor Book Award etc, for many different books including The Pull, STARS, Trapped in Ice etc. Eric Walters is one

Dr. Seuss received his education from Dartmouth College and the Lincoln College of Oxford. While attending Dartmouth College, Dr. Seuss worked as an editor for a humor magazine where his artistic style and creative characters first appeared. He studied English, but

After graduating he when to Stanford to pursue a Ph.D, but dropped out after two days to start his own company Zip2. Compaq purchased his company in 1999 for 341 million.

Elon Musk is widely known as one of the best entrepreneurs in our time. That is because of his success in various industries such as automotive, aerospace, solar energy, satellite, financial services, etc.

Bill Gates is not only a genius, but also an innovator in education, technology, and philanthropy. A prodigy, Bill Gates shares an education fact with Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and even his competitor Steve Jobs: no college degree. Instead, he devoted his time to his passion for technology, going on to create the most profitable technology company in the world. For much of the past decade, Gates allocated both his profit and attention to philanthropy. Evidence of his innovation, industry and curiosity can be seen at an early age.

Bruner was born and raised in New York City, Bruner graduated high school in 1933 and went on to major in psychology at Duke University; earning an AB degree in 1937. Subsequently, Bruner pursued a graduate study at Harvard University receiving the MA in 1939 and a Ph.D. in 1941.