He's chatted on TV with Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric and David Letterman.
Greg's exploits have been covered on network news. Working closely with Nobel peace laureates Betty Williams of Ireland and Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, he is trying to raise money to evacuate kids from war-torn countries. In addition to his 17-credit load at Randolph-Macon, he's trying to establish an international youth congress that would speak for children at the United Nations. "I would like to have that influence to work hard for peace and nonviolence, and to give voice to the children." "I know that the president has a lot of power and can make a lot of decisions," he says. He figures it will help him become president of the United States. One of my ideas is to mine the asteroids." "I think we need to have an alternative plan in case that happens. "Someday, I think, our supplies and resources are going to run out on Earth with the way we've been exhausting them," he says. With his second degree, in aeronautical engineering, Greg wants to help develop space stations. His motivation comes, in part, from his mother's successful bout with breast cancer. With his first degree, in biomedical research, Greg hopes to develop cures for diseases. If all goes according to his plan, Greg will have three Ph.D.s by the time he's 27. He had read "Journey to the Center of the Earth," and "The Last of the Mohicans." Then he entered kindergarten. He had deduced the truth about Santa Claus one day at the library when he realized all the books about St. He became a vegetarian that year after studying dinosaurs and realizing that humans, like herbivores, had flat teeth.īy his fifth birthday, he understood the facts of life. When he turned 1, he could recite the alphabet. Greg was walking when he was 7 months old. "But as long as a child has good and loving parents, he should be with them." "I would like to see every child have an upbringing in a free society," he says. He's at ease discussing ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, presidential politics and the plight of Elian Gonzalez. He admires the poetry of Wordsworth, the music of Mozart and the nonviolent scruples of Gandhi, King and Christ. "I want to use this gift I've been given to help all mankind and to bring lasting world peace." Plato is his favorite philosopher. "I believe I have been given a special gift from God and I don't know why," he says in a soft voice. His IQ is so high, it can't be quantified.Īnd when he speaks, this small child with floppy blond hair and the mischievous glint of Dennis the Menace unveils some towering thoughts. He is like any 10-year-old after a long day in school.Įxcept that Greg is completing his freshman year at Randolph-Macon College. He jumps up constantly to show his school work, look out a window, or lob an imaginary basketball shot. His feet dangle restlessly high above the floor.
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