Education
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin.
In 1980, he qualified for the United States. Olympic team However, he did not attend the Olympics due to the United States-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He held the 100-meter butterfly world record from 1981 to 1983.
Paulus grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, and went to college at the University of Texas on a swimming scholarship in the early 1980s.
While at Texas, he earned All-American honors from 1980 to 1983. After college, Paulus received his dental degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas.
His orthodontic residency was at Saint Louis University Medical Center. Paulus graduated with honors in June 1994 and immediately went into practice with his father, Peter Paulus, who has since retired.
He is a Diplomate and board certified member of the American Association of Orthodontists.