While at SUBR, Goodwin also earned a degree in premed zoology. Polshek enrolled in premed at Case Western Reserve University's Adelbert College 1947. As a premed student, Michaels was interested in the intersections between technology, media and medicine. After premed education in Berlin and Rostock, he joined a regiment of the Prussian Guard. Some of these courses include PreMed, Law, History and Performing Arts. Vang, before being cast in "Gran Torino", had planned to go into a premed program.