A woman with a life-long commitment to education, Bonnie Cone discusses her many roles as teacher, college administrator, and mentor. She discusses her youth in South Carolina and the educators who influenced her in both her hometown and during her undergraduate career at Coker College. She recalls her own early teaching career and the war work she undertook during World War II. Ms. Cone discusses the founding of Charlotte College, including her vision of and commitment to the concept of a school to serve veterans, her quest for land for the institution, and her recruitment of the school's first faculty members. Moreover, Ms. Cone recalls larger social issues and their effects on her experiences in education such as segregation and gender roles. Ms. Cone discusses her continued role with Charlotte College's successor, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and its alumni in the late 1990s.