He is not an unusual looking man, and no one would ever guess that he has spent nine of his thirty-one years in college and five of them in India.

Theodore Millen was born in Monmouth, Illinois February 5, 1908, where he attended grade and high school and Monmouth College, receiving a B. S. degree in 1930. On commencement day he was on his way to India. He didn't see his diploma until his return five years later. His route to India included Paris, France, Egypt and Arabia.