Greg Smith was once considered the smartest kid in the world and had dreams of solving numerous world problems. He jumped from second to fourth grade in a couple of weeks, skipped junior high and entered high school at 7, graduating with honors a few days after his 10th birthday. The video above features a recent interview he had with Oprah. ""So in your lifetime, will we cure cancer?" It's a security matter, she explained. "I had lots of friends my own age too, and I think that was really important," he adds. "We haven't allowed any pictures of him in the last three years to be publicized," his mother said. This fall, Gregory will be living on his own for the first time. By the age of 12, he had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time, thanks to his work with International Youth Advocates, which he founded. At 14 months, meanwhile, he’d begun learning books off by heart and reciting them from memory. He said he especially likes “the thinking and logic that comes with the study of math,” and sees how the ability to think logically through complex problems can directly benefit future political, business and social activities in which he might become involved.But “genius” is only one half of the Greg Smith story. Meanwhile, he also hoped to help build space stations with a degree in aeronautical engineering.Plus, if all of that wasn’t nearly enough, Smith also had his eye on Bill Clinton’s job at the time. Martin, the child prodigy also had to speak at a news conference – in which he claimed he’d dreamed of such a day since he was aged four.Greg’s parents have said that they chose Randolph-Macon because of its peaceful atmosphere and student-centered tuition.
Indeed, as well as having to pose for the camera alongside college president Roger H. The son of a microbiologist father and arts center director mother, Greg Smith became something of a media sensation when he was accepted into college before he’d even reached his teens. He told Oprah Winfrey, “I think it’s certainly possible in my lifetime that we’ll be able to develop really effective, targeted treatments for people’s individual versions of cancer that they have.
I mean, sure we were in different grades, but we still liked a lot of the same things.
He went on to receive three further Nobel nominations for his charitable efforts towards children’s rights and safety but has, so far, never won the honor.And Smith’s educational achievements didn’t end with his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Randolph-Macon. Essentially, she said, he's doing the things that all 17-year-olds do, and then some. From the 14-year-old art prodigy worth millions of pounds to a three year ol… View Gregory Smith’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community.
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