Michael Walls: Going against the grain has reaped strong returns
Michael Walls studiously avoids doing what everyone else does
Michael Walls studiously avoids doing what everyone else does.
After high school in Topeka, Kan., most of his friends went to The University of Kansas. Mr. Walls opted instead for Denison, a small liberal-arts school in Ohio.
Once he got used to things there and had made friends, h
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