Before and during World War I, he studied at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1916 in history and geography.

Before graduating from high school he had written four novels, one of which was a 70, 000 word romance about Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

Before graduating in 1886, he played football for his college, took a first-class degree in Classics, and was one of the rare Liberal presidents of the Oxford Union, becoming known as a good speaker.

Before even graduating from his apprenticeship, Westervelt accepted an offer to start business in Charleston, where he undertook the construction of two schooners, with the help of African American slaves from planters in and around Charleston ( with his employer's consent ).

Before graduating, he edited a reprint of John Burton's Pentalogia.

Before graduating, she worked as the first Black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco.

Before graduating from Yale ’ s Sheffield Scientific School in 1884, he showed a small collection he had made of Carboniferous fossils to George Jarvis Brush, who later introduced him to the paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh.

Before graduating from the UAM in 1978, Estrada had already been hired by Televisa.

Before graduating from a medical school and achieving the Doctor of Medicine degree, most schools require their students to take the United States Medical Licensing Examination ( USMLE ) Step 1 and both the Clinical Knowledge and Clinical Skills parts of Step 2.

Before graduating, pupils are subject to a final examination, the matura.

Before graduating from Cornell University, Hinton attended Harvard, where he was captain of the ski team.

Before even graduating, she had already landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) and Breast Men ( 1997 ), where she appeared along with David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper.

Before graduating, Bowen had the lead role in the independent film Five Spot Jewel.

Before graduating from high school, she was named School Comedienne.

Before graduating his main interests were sports, particularly basketball, hunting and photography.

Before graduating, she becomes the first Black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco.

Before graduating from this level, students attached themselves to a Sheik ( Islamic teacher ) and demonstrated a strong character.

Before graduating, she attended a conference given by the President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Pedro Albizu Campos, and was impressed by the ideals of independence which he preached.

Before graduating, Peter had won " Best Fiction Film at the Student Film and Video Festival in Montreal 1998 " for his short film It's Not Easy Being Greek

Before graduating, every dental student must successfully complete the National Board Dental Examination Part I and II ( commonly referred to as NBDE I & II ).

Before graduating Penn with his Bachelor in Arts in 1938, he spent a semester at University of Virginia and gained his love of southern hospitality and culture – which was to play an important role in Tierkel ’ s life.

Before graduating from Wake Forest University, Hunt worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Winston-Salem Journal.

Before graduating from college, he met Olivia Reynolds, an American woman accompanying her brother during his studies in Germany.

Before graduating high school, he worked at KYA radio in San Francisco delivering on air high school sports reports.

* Brian Eno's album Before and After Science includes a song entitled " King's Lead Hat ", an anagram of " Talking Heads ", a band Eno has worked with.

Before meeting Cesare, Leonardo had worked at the Milanese court of Ludovico Sforza for many years, until Louis XII of France drove Sforza out of Italy.

Before going to Germany, Evans continued her interest in theological work with a translation of Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity, and while abroad she wrote essays and worked on her translation of Baruch Spinoza's Ethics, which she completed in 1856, but which was not published in her lifetime.

Before joining NASA as a member of the first group of scientist-astronauts in June 1965, he worked at the U. S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Center at Flagstaff, Arizona, developing geological field techniques that would be used by the Apollo crews.

Before the advent of machine tools, metal was worked manually using the basic hand tools of hammers, files, scrapers, saws and chisels.

Before James Brown appeared on stage, his personal MC gave him an elaborate introduction accompanied by drumrolls, as the MC worked in Brown's various sobriquets along with the names of many of his hit songs.

These were interrupted by service in the U. S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, where he worked as a codebreaker and participated in the landing at Casablanca. Before leaving for Europe in 1943, Greenberg married Selma Berkowitz, whom he had met during his first year at Columbia.

Before the Anglo-German summit at Berchtesgaden on 15 September 1938, Henderson and Weizsäcker worked out a private arrangement that Hitler and Chamberlain were to meet with no advisers present as a way of excluding the ultra-hawkish Ribbentrop from attending the talks.

Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films ( 1980s ).

Before Kerrigan left him, Moon was already dating Georgiana Steele, a British-born former fashion model who worked at Ramport, the band's quadrophonic recording studio in Battersea.

Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as the Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set.

Before election to the papacy, Pacelli served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio to Germany ( 1917 – 1929 ), and Cardinal Secretary of State, in which capacity he worked to conclude treaties with European and Latin American nations, most notably the Reichskonkordat with Nazi Germany.

Before leaving Hollywood for Europe in 1952, following the problematic production The Crimson Pirate for Warner Bros., his third and last film with Burt Lancaster, Siodmak had directed some of the era's best film noirs, more than any other director who worked in that genre, twelve in all.

Before the fourth edition, skill and ability checks worked as follows: all actions in the game, from the use of skills to making attacks in combat, are first given a target number that reflects the difficulty of the action which is then raised or lowered by various modifying factors, such as environmental conditions, the condition of the character, the use of mechanical aids, and so forth.

Before leaving for Europe, Agnew worked at the Maryland Casualty Company where he met Elinor Judefind, known as Judy.

Before his breakthrough as a writer, Zola worked as a clerk in a shipping firm and then in the sales department for a publisher ( Hachette ).

Before and during their marriage, Crawford worked to promote Tone's Hollywood career but Tone was ultimately not interested in being a movie star and Crawford eventually wearied of the effort.

Before World War II, he spent periods working in hotels, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner and produced his best known novel.

Before entering politics, the young Jimmy Walker worked as a songwriter, his most popular composition being " Will You Love Me in December ( as You Do in May )?

Before he began his writing career he worked as an illustrator in New York and, in 1960, as an art director in a London advertising agency.

Before they went on to become major stars in the country music recording industry, Kathy Mattea and Trisha Yearwood worked as tour guides at the Music Row museum.

Before his term as President, he worked as an aerospace engineer with Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) and Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ).

Before then, Chancellor had worked at Reuters news agency and had been a scriptwriter and reporter for ITN.

Before joining The Spectator as editor, Johnson had worked for The Times, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, and The Daily Telegraph.

Before becoming famous, for a couple of years Susana worked as an executive secretary for a large factory, but realizing that she needed a more exciting career at 19 yrs.