I grew up in Michigan, went to school as a boarder in Rhode Island, graduated after four years of liberal arts college in northern Illinois. My family is fourth generation and more American. My father's family goes back to Scotland via New England. My father's family American noteables include my great great grandfathers James V. Campbell who was one of the big three members of the Michigan supreme court around the civil war, his son Henry a director of big companies, a major Detroit financial institution, drug company; a civic leader and George Van Ness Lothrop an American ambassador to Russia. I am also a descendant of John Alden of Mayflower fame.