[1] Brought up in Buffalo, New York, Terence Boylan first appeared on local radio in the late 1950s performing a song he had written at the age of 11.
[2] While still in his mid teens, in the early 1960s, he performed in Greenwich Village and, following a chance meeting with Bob Dylan, was encouraged to pursue a solo music career in upstate New York.
[3] After John Boylan moved to California, Terence stayed in New York City, returned to college, and played with classmates Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
The peer review panel was so impressed with the young boy's initiative that they each contributed money to total $10 to send to Boylan.
[6] Boylan has also supported children's educational programs at the Center for Scientific Review at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.