I enlisted in the United States Navy in 1969 and served 6 years as a Crypto-logic Technician, Interpreter, North Vietnamese linguist. Upon discharge in 1975, I joined the Naval Reserve & then left the Navy to attend Army Officer Candidate School & joined the Army National Guard. I worked at Amana Refrigeration as a Group Leader in the Production Control Department & part-time at K-Mart in the Security Department while I attended Kirkwood Community College, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I took a job as Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of General Services with Iowa National Insurance while I earned my Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Iowa. I moved to Alabama & worked as a Loss Prevention Engineer for Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance & then took a position with the Alabama Army National Guard as a Training Technician. I moved up through the ranks to Battalion Executive Officer of the 131st Signal Battalion & then to the State Area Command where I am currently assigned as the Information Services Branch Chief, & hold the rank of Major.

I met and married Edie Smith (CHS 70) in 2001. I have three children, Heather, who is a professional ice skater in Peoria, IL, Christine, who just graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Environmental Engineering & Wendell, who recently graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and has taken a position with Honeywell in Albuquerque NM & two stepchildren (Edie's kids) Daniel, who has a Bachelor of Science in Communications Degree & works for Fox Sports and Kendra, who is a Junior Marketing major at the University of Houston & one granddaughter, Chloe, from my daughter Heather & one step granddaughter, Hayley, and one step grandson, Hayden, to Edie's son Daniel.

For hobbies, I help maintain the CHS 68 home page & I, along with Edie, am the Alabama Area Reporter for the Panama Canal Society of Florida, Canal Record. I enjoy fishing & fooling around with computers.