Education: It Paid Off

All his life, suave, curly-haired Eugene J. Carroll, 26, of Levittown, L.I., has been "looking for excitement." He started out to be a doctor, but quit after two years' pre-med at Brooklyn's St. John's University because it was "too drab." Finally, five years ago, Carroll found a career that suited him just fine. It took him to some of the top universities of the East.

Not even his wife knew what he did. As a matter of fact, it sometimes seemed as if Eugene Carroll hardly knew himself. For no apparent reason at all, he would suddenly decide to visit Brown University....

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