Donovan Hurley

Title: Security Officer

Duties: To enhance security in the Institute for Childhood and Neglected Diseases (ICND) Building by checking IDs, asking visitors to sign in, and staying at his post.

Started at TSRI: 2000.

Background: One and a half years in the San Diego Police Department, degree in accounting from San Marcos College.

Thoughts on His Job: "This is the best security job I've ever worked. It's a professional operation here. I'm also inspired by being around so many educated people."

Extracurriculars: Running a vending machine business in Leucadia, reading three or four books—both fiction and nonfiction—per week, learning German, fencing (with real rapiers), and handcrafting chain mail jackets and headpieces.

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Security Officer Donovan Hurley worked with the San Diego Police Department before coming to TSRI. Photo by Kevin Fung.