what did john howard study at university?
Bachelor of Laws
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 As a Harvard undergraduate , Kaczynski was among twenty @-@ two students who were research subjects in ethically questionable experiments conducted by psychology professor Henry Murray from late 1959 to early 1962 . 

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 Howard became the first NBA athlete who entered the draft early and graduated with his academic class , thus fulfilling a promise he had made to his grandmother on the last day he saw her alive . He told Mitch Albom that when he made it to the NBA , he realized how much leisure time the multimillionaire players had and decided to do something productive instead of find ways to spend his new riches . " I knew if I kept pushing it off , I 'd never get it done , " he said . He completed his final 32 course hours by taking summer classes in 1994 during the NBA off @-@ season . He took correspondence classes and independent study courses during the following season , studying on road trips and mailing in his papers from the nearest post office . In the end , he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in radio @-@ television communication ( with a minor in business ) at Michigan . He told Albom that earning his degree made him a better example when speaking about staying in school . Although Howard had spent the prior year playing in the NBA , he returned to campus to partake in graduation ceremonies with his classmates . During the graduation , keynote speaker Marian Wright Edelman paid special recognition to Howard and Fab Five teammates King and Jackson , who graduated together , and noted that Howard 's graduation made him a role model for children . 

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 Howard appeared in the 1994 basketball film Hoop Dreams . He had a small role in the television drama The West Wing , appearing in the 1999 episode " The Crackpots and These Women " as Rodney Grant , a former Duke basketball player who served on Josiah Bartlet 's Council on Fitness and helped him win a game against his staff . 

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 He graduated from the Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans , then earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Brandeis University in May 1991 . He wrote columns for his campus newspaper and political magazines and was a member of the student senate . He objected to a campaign to stop serving pork at the Jewish university , which was noted in The New York Times . 

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 After completing his education , he served as a professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California in 1966 , specializing in the theoretical physics of nonlinear optics and quantum optics , and co @-@ founded the Center for Laser Studies at that institution . He rose to become chairman of the physics department in 1972 , and then Dean of the College of Letters , Arts and Sciences in 1976 . He was engaged as a public speaker on science , including hosting a series of educational television programs on CBS . He was also outspoken on campus issues , and was designated the university 's spokesperson during a scandal over preferential treatment of athletes . 
