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Daniel Jackson Evans (born October 16, 1925) served three terms as the 16th Governor of the State of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and as United States Senator represented the Washington State from 1983 to 1989.

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I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946.

1946, July, Navy, Stayed

I was always good at math and science and physics.

Good, Math, Math And Science, Physics, Science

I think, like a lot of other people who have been in the service, you'd been delayed in what you were doing. You wanted to catch up and the best way to catch up was to move as fast as you could toward a degree.

Catch, Delayed, Move, Moving, People, Thinking

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.

Inspirational, Funny, Graduation, Degree, Chose, Felt

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.

Decided, Education, Engineering, Interesting, Law, School

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

Back, Korean, Navy, War

And then, when I went into the Navy, there was no choice. You took about half of the hours during your naval training as naval courses and the other half were engineering.

Choices, Engineering, Hours, Navy, Took, Training

I might say that in retrospect, looking at where the community college system is today, I think we may have gone too far. The community college system is so big, so broad, so consuming of tax money.

College, Community, Looking, Retrospect, System, Thinking

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.

Career, Careers, Leader, Navy, Senior, Things

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

1948, Engineering, Funny, Graduate, Graduation, Inspirational

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

Came, Time, University, War

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