1 Took a year off from law school, worked his way over the Atlantic on a freighter, backpacked through Iran, Afghanistan, then Asia, to Taiwan and Japan, rode the Trans-Siberian Railway through Russia and back to Europe.

2 Strong believer in mentoring — his high school teachers, a college professor, and Ralph Nader guided him along the path to where he is today. He’s tried to “pay that forward” through the advocacy groups he’s started.

3 A door-to-door campaign in his hometown to raise scholarship money was adopted by the American Cancer Society and became an annual nationwide event: the “Great American Smokeout.”

4 Into long walks and reading (not at the same time). Did the “Great Saunter” in May — a 32-mile walk around Manhattan in a single day.

5 Injustice really ticks him off.