• Joe O’Dea was finishing up his bachelor’s degree. He only needed to complete a few more classes — not even a full-time semester’s worth.
• A star student, O’Dea made the dean’s list his first semester and was awarded a scholarship that paid for part of his education for the rest of his time studying construction management at Colorado State University.
• O’Dea had put his education on pause once before: he took a break for a few years after high school to work as a union carpenter.

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