Bill Bass
Knoxville, TN USA
"Success is not just the amount of money you make; it's more intellectual. I mean, I am happy, happy, and I'm making enough to eat, but not a lot."
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Graduate Degree
Anthropology, General
University of Kentucky
Doctorate
Anthropology, General
University of Pennsylvania
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
Grew up as an only child in an educated family; both parents had college degrees, unusual for 1920s.
2.
Had been studying osteology when a professor invited him to come help him ID a body.
3.
Arrived on the scene of a great mystery-two trucks had crashed, but there was a third body, in addition to two drivers.
4.
When his professor was able to positively identify the third person, "like in the cartoons," a light went on.
5.
Switched his major immediately, knew he wanted to go into forensic anthropology.
6.
Never had a midlife crisis because he knows he made the right choice.
7.
In general, he hates death and funerals, but in his profession, a dead body is a challenge, brings him a strange joy.
8.
Knows what he does "matters," brings closure to families, brings criminals to justice.
