This article presents an interview with Hal Markowitz, a veteran distance educator whose experience in the field is both deep and broad. Building on bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Florida and his doctorate at Columbia University, Markowitz served in leadership roles in several professional organizations and directed distance education programs in both the developed and the developing world. Now a retired professor, he describes himself as an international person in an international field. In this interview, Markowitz shares how he arrived in distance education.