23 Quotes by Daniel J. Evans

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.

I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War.

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

When it came time to go to the University, it was during the 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.

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.

At 18 you got drafted. Another fellow who lived on the same street and I signed up for the V-12 program, which was the naval officer training program.

The most significant thing that happened in the 12 years that I was governor was the development of the state community college system.