Army Veteran from 1959-1962.

AA degree from DeAnza College in Psychology 1968-1970

BS Degree in Education Oregon State University 1970-1973

Elementary school teacher from 1973-1995 Extensive schooling in Grad school in counseling at Western Oregon State University.

Author of Signs of Hope: Ways to Survive in an Unfriendly World. (A national award winner from the Reader’s Favorite Awards.)

A new book in process: Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life.

Married: Three Children, and seven grandchildren.