Science Fair Star To Teach At MIT
WORCESTER, Mass.—Eighteen-year-old Lamar Jones announced Wednesday that he would accept an offer to teach organic chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The announcement was delivered not a moment too soon for the residents of Boston, a college town which is all to often presented with disappointing school years.
Jones, a senior at Basket County High School, gained national prominence during the 2001-'02 school year when a biology experiment of his own design earned him a second place finish in the Worcester Regional Science Fair. This year, Jones led members of his chemistry class to complete an impressive group project that won a certificate of honorable mention in the same competition. . . . [Read Article]
