Daniel J. Evans Professions : Former Governor of Washington Born : October 16, 1925 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Daniel J. Evans I think, like a lot of other people who have been in the service, you'd been delayed in what you were doing. You wanted to catch up and the best way to catch up was to move as fast as you could toward a degree. Daniel J. Evans people moving thinking But I decided I wanted more education and I had to make a choice between starting law school, which was interesting to me, and going for a graduate degree in engineering. Daniel J. Evans engineering law school When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war. Daniel J. Evans university war I was always good at math and science and physics. Daniel J. Evans math-and-science physics math The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career. Daniel J. Evans senior careers leader I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946. Daniel J. Evans navy july And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during your naval training as naval courses and the other half were engineering. Daniel J. Evans engineering training choices I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War. Daniel J. Evans korean navy war I think I finally chose the graduate degree in engineering primarily because it only took one year and law school took three years, and I felt the pressure of being a little behind - although I was just 22. Daniel J. Evans graduation inspirational funny I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948. Daniel J. Evans graduation inspirational funny I might say that in retrospect, looking at where the community college system is today, I think we may have gone too far. The community college system is so big, so broad, so consuming of tax money. Daniel J. Evans community college thinking Then I came back and restarted at the UW that fall. Daniel J. Evans i-came then back fall I didn't take very much part in activities on campus at that time. Daniel J. Evans activities take campus time I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically. Daniel J. Evans point thought where want Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they asked Boy Scout troops to act as ushers during the football games. So we signed up and I went to many games in full Boy Scout uniform as an usher. Daniel J. Evans uniform scout boy football We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early. Daniel J. Evans person party house night Similar Authors Dixie Lee Ray former-governor-of-washington Christine Gregoire former-governor-of-washington Mike Lowry former-governor-of-washington Roland H. Hartley former-governor-of-washington All Authors
