The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers, and besides, he brags, and is the means of fooling other thoughtless people into going and doing as he himself has done.
– “Taming the Bicycle”
State Technical Institute at Memphis
(Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
- Associate of Applied Science in Information Technology (AAS-IT), Component Programming Concentration, Magna Cum Laude – May 8 1999
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Upsilon Delta Chapter – 1998
- President’s Honor List – Spring Semester, 2000
- President’s Honor List – Fall Semester, 1998
- President’s Honor List – Spring Semester, 1998
- President’s Honor List – Spring Semester, 1997
Delta State University
(Cleveland,
Mississippi, USA)
- Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Computer Information Systems (BBA-CIS), 2 Year Honors – Aug 9 1985
- Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business – 1985
- President’s List of Delta Scholars – Spring Semester, 1985
- President’s List of Delta Scholars – Spring Semester, 1984
- President’s List of Delta Scholars – Fall Semester, 1983
- Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship to Delta State University – Aug 5 1983
Northwest Mississippi Junior College
(Senatobia, Mississippi, USA : Now Northwest Mississippi Community College)
- Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Fraternity, Theta Sigma Chapter – 20 Oct 1982
- Special Services Program – 1980-1981
Myrtle Attendance Center
(Myrtle, Mississippi, USA)
- Medal of Scholarship – May 14 1979
- Academic Scholarship to Northeast Mississippi Junior College (Booneville, Mississippi) – May 10 1979
- Star Student Award , Student-Teacher Recognition Program, Mississippi Economic Council – 1979
- Chemistry Award – 1979
- Algebra II Award – May 5 1978
- American History Award, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society – 1978
- Mississippi American Legion Boy’s State – 1978
- Second Place Trophy, Future Farmers of America, Northeast Mississippi Tool Identification Contest (Team members: Timothy Goodwin, Charles Dillard, Bud Kiddy) – 1977
- Myrtle Attendance Center Hall of Fame – 1977
- Geometry Award – May 9 1977
- The National Beta Club – Jan 12 1976
- The National Junior Beta Club – Oct 17 1973