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December 2, 2008

Photo by Ryan McGeeney

Paul Sneed, Assistant Professor of Portuguese, began drinking at the age of 13 and quit at 18, leaving home in the intervening years and living in the woods near his parents' home in Viginia. After a series of arrests at the age of 18 and 28 days of detox treatment, Sneed completed a GED and egan attending college. After he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma, Sneed spent five years in Brazil, where he founded a Two Brothers, a non-profit organization that promotes education and community service.

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