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Joy of Medina County Magazine | December 2020
“They asked him, ‘OK, how’d you do it?’,” said wanted to share his skills and love of learning with Dunfee. Big Bob was confused, how did he do what? his son. “ ‘How’d you cheat?’ ” Big Bob always wanted to help people, Dunfee said. Big Bob could not convince anyone he had not Dunfee’s father graduated from high school and cheated, so they made him retake the test while a joined the Air Force, fighting in the Korean War. college official stayed in the room with him and Following his time in the service, Big Bob took the watched. college entrance exam for Bowling Green State His score was even higher on the second test than it University and failed the test. He was given a stack of had been the first time, said Dunfee, with a big smile. books to study and was told by college officials to What was Big Bob so determined to attend college return to retake the test after he had finished for? Dunfee cannot remember, he only remembers studying. the story demonstrating how smart and determined One month later, Big Bob returned. In that month, his father was. he had taught himself algebra, geometry, calculus, Eventually, Big Bob started a company called and trigonometry. Systems Electric in Elyria. Dunfee said his father was He retook the test and passed. College officials known for helping people out, but was terrible at were in disbelief. running a business. He would rather help someone continued from Page 9
Robert Dunfee demonstrates some of the working features to the fire truck he created.
