Charles E. Kupchella was born in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. He is the oldest of six brothers in a coal-mining family. Kupchella has a bachelor's degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in physiology from St. Bonaventure University. A true Renaissance man, Dr. Kupchella worked as a musician throughout college, with his group making a record and playing back-up to a touring American Bandstand dance group in Pennsylvania. In college, he held a draftsman gig at a construction firm, and even worked in the mines during the summer before his senior year. During his career...