Education: Graduated Willamette High School, Eugene, Oregon 1960
Graduated and Certified Commercial Investment Member National Association Realtors 1969.
Oregon Realtors Institute 1966 graduation 1970.
Graduate Gemologist, Gemological Institute America 1993.
Military Service: Drafted Army 1964, two years food inspector, qualified sharpshooter M-14, honorable discharge 1966 E-5.
Re-enlisted Oregon Army National Guard 1988, qualified Calvary Scout, trained Nuclear Biological Chemical and Medic, qualified M16 expert, E-6.
Served five years full time Army National Guard Recruiter, Awarded Master Recruiter Badge and awarded the Army Achievement Medal for recruiting, served brief tours in the California and Alaska National Guards as a medic.
Service Organizations Membership: Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Special Interests: Current Events, History, Science, Fishing, Hunting, Rocks and Birds.
Involved in at least one real estate transaction in all but two states and served on the board directors of two public corporations.
Thousands of hours each: flying his airplanes, driving his eighteen wheelers, riding horse back on his 25,000 acre ranch looking after his cows. He has also spent a lot of time boating and in a tractor seat going in circles.