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As Rockwell writes, it was the Director of Admissions at Brown who gave him the first clue that he "might be different from other people." Rockwell was told that he had the worst scholastic record of any one ever | admitted to the university but also had attained the highest grade ever given on the college aptitude test. Rockwell attended Brown University until March 20, 1941, when he officially withdrew. In his last semester he had begun to major in philosophy. He received no degrees. From approximately 1947 to 1949, he studied art under the GI Bill of Rights at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. 3. Service Record On March 15, 1941, Rockwell enlisted as an aviation cadet in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR). Upon completion of flight training in March, 1942, he was commissioned an Ensign, USNR.” During . his naval service, he served aboard the U.S.S. "Omaha," U.S. S. | "Wasp," ne and U.S.S. 'Mobile" in the Atlantic afid Pacific theaters. By 1945, when - he returned to civilian life, he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. During the Korean War, he was recalled to active duty in 1950 as a Lieutenant Commander and served in a training capacity at the Naval Air Base in Coronado, California, until 1952, when he was attached to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 107. During this assignment, he | served in Iceland and attained the rank of Commander. He was released