Weekly I am reminded that “we go nowhere by accident, wherever we go God has sent us for a purpose”. This is the only explanation I have for going to the Washington U Law interview my senior year at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachuesetts. On paper many of my classmates were more likely to be accepted at Wash U than I. I went anyway and met Dave Becker for the first time. I didn’t know then the influence this man would subsequently have on my life, my perspective and my future career choices. Dave Becker saw something in me that day that I hadn’t seen in myself. His belief in my abilities gave me confidence that I could achieve my life’s dream of a career in Law.
-Hon. Orion Douglass JD71