RESUME
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
CAREER OBJECTIVE: Secure a challenging position or positions in which I can apply my collaboration, mediation, and relationship-building skills to create a better world.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
- Completed two years of elementary education
- Participated in self-education program, as a voracious reader
- Awarded honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, William and Mary College, and Oxford University, England
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Printer
Progressed from apprentice to owner/proprietor of a print shop; proficient in all forms of printing with particular expertise in the printing of currency
Author and Publisher
Wrote and published numerous pamphlets and articles that influenced colonial decision makers, ultimately leading to independence from England; demonstrated scope of writing abilities by authoring books and articles for general population including Poor Richard’s Almanack, one of the colonies’ first best-sellers
Civil Servant
Initiated new services to improve the quality of life in the colonies
- Founded the first lending library
- Established Pennsylvania’s first volunteer fire department
- Served as Postmaster of Philadelphia and Deputy Postmaster General for North America
- Co-founded Pennsylvania Hospital, the first public hospital in the colonies
- Served as President of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Statesman and Diplomat
Served as key member of the team that overthrew existing rule of King George III over 13 North American colonies; provided input and influenced establishment of a new form of self-government; secured international support and assistance
Scientist and Inventor
Satisfied curiosity about weather and its impact on the environment through research and a series of experiments; also researched other areas of scientific interest. Conceptualized, designed, and improved many devices that enhance quality of life, such as swim fins, electrical batteries, street lamps, daylight saving time, postal service rate charts, bifocals, and the flexible catheter.
- Charted map of the Gulf Stream currents and temperatures that increased speed of ocean travel
- Studied the effects of exercise and diet on health
- Made key discoveries about electricity
Musician
Invented glass armonica, an instrument for which both Mozart and Beethoven composed pieces, and played the viola de gamba, violin, guitar and harp
REFERENCES: Furnished upon request
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