[PW] Inexperienced people in occupations who then excel at them

[Sue Kamm]

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Michael J. Lowrey" <orangemike at gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 4, 2007 5:17 PM
>To: list at project-wombat.org
>Subject: Re: [PW] Inexperienced people in occupations who then excel at them
>
>On 4/4/07, Webb, KerryA <KerryA.Webb at act.gov.au> wrote:
>> Sara asked:
>> >
>> > A patron is looking for examples of people who, without experience for
>> > a particular occupation, profession or job, then excels at the job.
>> I've
>> > done some searching on Google, Factiva and a few others but came up
>> > pretty much empty. Thanks.
>> >
>>
>> Abraham Lincoln
>
>???? In what was he inexperienced?

Being president?  IIRC, he had never held elected office before 1861.  

What about Eisenhower?  He was a successful military officer before he was elected president.  (I don't count his presidency of Columbia University as equivalent.)

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