Throwback Thursday: Who Is This Meek Looking Millionaire?

This innocent looking high school student was born in Bloomington, Illinois to working class parents. He and his four siblings were raised in Kansas City, Missouri where his father and mother struggled to make ends meet. His father was a bus driver and later on a truck driver. His mother worked at a Chinese restaurant, as well as at J.C. Penney as a clerk. The family struggled so much that they lived in public housing, which surely was not an easy burden to carry.

Despite this, the dapper young man graduated public high school, and married his high school sweetheart, Frances Annette Holland. He served in the Navy for a little over two years as a radar technician. With the help of the GI bill, he received his Bachelor’s degree in business administration. He continued his education in law school, graduating with his J.D. from Southern Methodist University. He used his education to become one of the richest men in health care, before being elected to public office.

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