All In The Family

When he entered high school he spent less time in the in-plant, and there were no printing classes offered to fuel his interest in the trade. Nevertheless, when he enrolled in Western Illinois University, John spent four years working in the in-plant there.

"It was there where I made the decision to get into industrial education," he says. He graduated in 1981 and taught in a central Illinois vocational school for four years. Then, again following in his father's footsteps, John Sarantakos decided to get his master's degree, and enrolled in Central Missouri State, where his dad was already working.