His doctorate, his mother said, will be in a new field called computational biology. They remained in Virginia while he earned his master’s at the University of Virginia. They moved to Ashland so he could attend Randolph-Macon College, from which he graduated cum laude at age 13 with a bachelor’s in mathematics and minors in history and biology. He jumped from second to fourth grade in a couple of weeks, skipped junior high and entered high school at 7, graduating with honors a few days after his 10th birthday. They went from Pennsylvania to Florida when he was in second grade after a national search for a school system that would let him progress at his own rate. His parents have moved several times to enhance their only child’s education. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
