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'''Dan Caughey '''

Dan Caughey was born September 12, 1984 in Peoria, IL to Robert and Marilyn Caughey. He has two older brothers, Benjamin and Paul, who taught him early on that it is important to always blindly believe what older brothers say, even if it gets you into trouble.

Dan attending public schools in Peoria, IL, including Richwoods High School. He attending the University of Illinois at Springfield for two years, and then transferred to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dan studied History and graduated in 2007. He then moved to Washington, DC, to pursue a MA in Museum Studies from the George Washington University, graduating in 2009. He presently lives in Alexandria, VA with his girlfriend, and is a proud beagle owner, often singing songs to the little fella even when he is miles away and clearly out of earshot.

1984-2003: The Early Years

Not much is known about Dan during this time. History books have been burned, presumably by spontaneous combustion due to flatulence after a night of heavy drinking. What is known is that Dan was a high school athlete, playing baseball, running track, and swimming. Apparently, he also had a gorgeous head of hair and six pack abs. These photographs have been lost to time.

Growing up wasn’t always easy for Dan. He learned about adversity and disappointment from being both a Buffalo Bills fan and a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. He maintains a great relationship with his parents, despite some incidents of adolescent indiscretions. Dan once ding-dong ditched one of his neighbors and was worried that his dad would find out because the neighbor saw his 'Danny' license plate on his bike as he was furiously pedaling away. Another time, he and two friends decided to steal a ceramic pig and throw it in the river with the hope that it would make it to the Mississippi and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. He was grounded for the entire summer for that one. The only way that his parents survived raising three boys was to split a beer on Saturday nights.

2003-2007: College

Dan began at UIS in 2003, where he quickly bonded with his suitemates and Madden Thursdays began. Once again, almost all photographic evidence of this time has been lost. We do know that he had a girlfriend, wore oversized, baggy clothing, and discovered the joys of “managing” a Madden football team.

He transferred to U of I in 2005, where he joined the proud ranks of the Fighting Illini. Here, Dan graduated with a BA in History after working at the Spurlock Museum from 2006-2007. He lived in a five story building, a mere stumbling moment away from a local tavern and the college radio station, where he met his present girlfriend. She clearly is a wicked cool lady.

One of Dan’s favorite pastimes at Illinois was a tradition called “Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day.” It was the one day a year that he would miss class, as he has an incredible sense of responsibility and guilt. His senior year, everyone at his apartment except his girlfriend was too inebriated to drive a friend somewhere, so he asked his girlfriend to do it. Turned out, she drove his friend to the county jail to pick up completely random strangers in someone else’s car. If this holiday existed outside of the college environment, Dan, and many others, would most likely be dead already.

Impact on the World: 2007 to present

Dan has held a wide variety of professions throughout the years since graduate school. Dan presently works as an Exhibition Specialist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Through his passion for nonprofit museums and specialty in American medical history, he is changing the world one exhibit at a time. He has worked at over 6 museums, including the Montgomery County Historical Society and the College Park Aviation Museum, as well as had exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space. He presently works on travelling exhibits for the National Library of Medicine. He understands the value of a hard day’s work, and truly is dedicated to living in the Washington, DC area. He also has an impressive Capital Alumni Network softball record, this year batting at .667 with 17 RBIs.

When he isn’t busy at work, he is always looking for new ways to engage his community. His motto is “YOLO”, and his friends note that he is always up for trying new activities. Dan invented the concept of “trunk beers” and “tip beers” which, according to some, is a rising fad in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas. He also is responsible for quantifying the amount of alcohol that can be consumed by people on different occasions. It is under patent and will be released as a drunk driving test in Summer 2018.

"A beer"=3 beers "A few" = 6 beers "A couple" = 6 beers (usually in a short amount of time) with the option/unstated intent, of going higher, usually on a Thursday. "Going out" = 10 beers "Other people's birthday parties" = A Case + an ill advised late night 4th meal of the day "Pool party" = No number exists to quantify this amount.

He is referred to by multiple sources as one of the most loyal and caring people that they know.