Chapter 01: A Modest Middle Class Upbringing that Stressed Education

Abstract

In this chapter, Dr. Baile talks about growing up in a white middle class neighborhood as one of five sons. He talks about his father (Franklin), a factory worker, the origin of the name Baile, and his amazement that his father was able to provide such a comfortable life on one income. He talks about his respect for unions and his father’s view that education offered a pathway to success. Next, he talks about his mother (Marie), raised by a very devoutly Catholic older sister. He talks about what his daughter, Danielle, is currently doing in college. He briefly discusses his own interest in photography and his plans to pursue photography once retired.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1407/thumbnail.jp