![]() ![]() It's hard to imagine the places he couldn't go. "I believe I have been given a special gift from God and I don't know why," he told Style in May 2000 The kid's got brains and seems to possess a sensibility beyond his years. He's inspired by the poetry of Wordsworth, the music of Mozart and the nonviolent tenacity of Gandhi, King and Christ. Smith has confessed that Plato is his favorite philosopher. And so what if his mother, or a campus security officer, sometimes accompany him on a walk to class? Soon he'll meet the real world, a world where ingenuity, if not age, is more conspicuous. Smith is no less ambitious today as a college senior, though students say he's become a natural, less-phenomenal presence on campus. He is a two-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize and has appeared on numerous television shows, including Sixty Minutes, The Oprah Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, Good. With his well-rounded education he declared he might cure disease, design space stations and help bring about world peace. At the age of 13, Gregory Smith already has a career as a motivational speaker and as a world-recognized advocate for children and peace. He was a sensation when he started, telling everyone from Oprah to Letterman about his dream of earning three Ph.D.s - in biomedical research, aeronautical engineering and political science - all by the time he's 27. Randolph-Macon did its part by offering him a full scholarship, entry to honors classes and his own office. It's about time - he's 13.Īnd apparently there's no stopping the lad who, at age 10, bounced the hallways of the small liberal arts college as if he were born to breeze through early. Smith graduates this year from Randolph-Macon College. A precocious kiss goes to boy genius Greg Smith, class of 2003. ![]()
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