Biography
Brother Jed draws from many experiences in his early life while preaching. His self-described lifestyle of "drunkenness, dissipation and debauchery" began while he was a freshman in high school. Older friends exposed him to alcohol, and drunkenness became a regular part of life every week. Smock began attending Indiana State University in 1960, studying social studies and English, where he pledged Delta Upsilon Fraternity. By his second year, he established himself as the heaviest drinker in the fraternity. Smock states in his autobiography that, despite his lifestyle, he graduated near the top of his class. Smock also states in his autobiography that he attended Graduate School at Indiana State University attaining a Master's Degree in History and writing a Thesis on "the personal effects of smoking seven straight joints of marijuana" while he was a Research Assistant in Psychology for the Institute of Research into Human Behavior at the school. Smock served as a history professor for one year at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
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