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Astronomy Professor Gains New Perspective after Overcoming Leukemia

Astronomy Professor Gains New Perspective after Overcoming Leukemia

Darren Williams works in the same office he did two years ago. He researches the same topics. He teaches the same courses.

Yet life will never be the same for Williams. Not anymore.

Williams, a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, thinks back to the summer of 2012 and realizes signs were evident.

His energy had been cut in half. Red spots began to appear on his legs. A routine cut on his leg got infected.