After graduating from Clover Park, I attended Western Washington State College, taught in the Shelton and Clover Park school systems, received a graduate degree from the U. of Idaho, and worked for three agencies--Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, and National Park Service--of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. I also married my wife, Bonnie, in 1965, following our senior year at WWSC. By 1973, we added a son, Chris, and a daughter, Jill, to our family.

As a follow-up to my profile in the “40 Year Reunion” booklet, I have now fully retired; enjoyed an increase in the number of grandchildren from two to four (the most recent being adoptees from Russia); created newsletters for our local senior center; visited Europe twice; taken cruises through the Panama Canal and to Alaska; rafted two stretches of the Colorado River (one with CP classmate Chuck McCallum); kayaked among the islands of British Columbia; and introduced my oldest grandson (age 11) to fishing and hiking in the Sierras. In addition, we continue to enjoy visiting our kids in Beaverton, OR, and Goleta, CA, and entertaining friends and relatives who live nearby or drop in from afar.