Education
He graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1992 with a degree in philosophy. While there, he started a number of student groups, was a member of the executive committee of the Thelomathesian Society (the student senate), an adviser to the board of trustees and the recipient of the top prize for poetry writing.
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