The Wall Street Journal reports: Academics Have to Do Their Own Homework On Job Opportunities: Dr. Elliot McGucken in the WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reports: Academics Have to Do Their Own Homework On Job Opportunities: Dr. Elliot McGucken in the WSJ :

By By Hal Lancaster, The Wall Street Journal, 979 words Jul 13, 1999

The Wall Street Journal wrote:
Elliot McGucken decided to straddle the two worlds. After he earned a doctoral degree in physics/electrical engineering, Dr. McGucken considered himself "fortunate" to get a teaching job at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., and to continue his engineering research.
But then, last year, he won the Innovation Grants Competition sponsored by Merrill Lynch Forum (for an artificial retina chipset for the blind), the virtual think tank of the financial-services company. The contest, now in its second year, gives out $150,000 in prizes for Ph.D.s, and their institutions, who find commercial applications for their research.

After winning the contest, he got to tour the New York Stock Exchange. Dr. McGucken caught the entrepreneurial bug. Eventually, he launched jollyroger.com, an Internet company devoted to his longtime passions: writing and classical literature. --The Wall Street Journal
Academics Have to Do Their Own Homework On Job Opportunities By By Hal Lancaster, The Wall Street Journal, 979 words Jul 13, 1999