Immediately after graduation from JBHS I was employed for two years by a local manufacturing company and spent a term at Glendale Community College until I received an offer from the US military that I could not refuse. I enlisted in the Air Force and spent three of my four year obligation in Germany. A truly great experience. I spent a vast amount of time traveling around Europe and thoroughly enjoyed the people and the countries.

I returned to civilian life and married Sandra: a beautiful, charming and intelligent lady. I worked for the next six years for financial institutions including Security Pacific National Bank as an Assistant Branch Manager and Loan Officer. We started a family and reassessed our goals in life. One goal was to acquire additional education. In the 60's we pack two toddlers and our bags and move to Eugene, Oregon to attend the University of Oregon.

I was employed by the City of Eugene, and Sandra started attending classes. We balanced work, family, school and life in general like a moving football. Sandra completed her undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees in education first. I lagged behind (as usual) but, managed an undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. in Education. We embarked on teaching careers, I at Kent State University (Ohio) and then at Southwest Texas State University and Sandra at the Mental Health Departments in both Ohio and Texas.

We moved to Las Vegas and I officially retired in 1994: good-bye tension, hello pension. I recovered from retirement immediately and went to work for major hotel/casino to keep my hands and mind busy. And, frankly, I am having a great time.

Currently, Sandra is a Literacy Specialist for the Clark County School District and looking forward to retiring in 2006 +/-. During these years our daughter earned an undergraduate degree from Kent State and a graduate degree from Southwest Texas State, married and is an Athletic Program Director at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Our son earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Akron, married, two children, and he and his wife are practicing law in Akron Ohio. When the children and grandchildren visit it is the high light of our year, and they totally wear us out. However, I would not have missed these life experiences for the world.