Life member of the OAEA, he was born 1947 in Washington state, graduated from HS in 1965 and joined the U. S. Navy in 1966. During his career, he rose to the pay grade of E-9 (Master Chief Petty Officer) and served on numerous ships and shore commands including 3 years in Spain. Part of his career included nearly 5 years with Operation Deep Freeze from the period 1973-1978, with a winter 
over and subsequent summer support deployments. After his retirement from the Navy in 1995, he entered the civilian work force and did 3 1/2 years as a corporate level logistics manager. In 1999, he returned to his “roots” and became a government contractor working with Navy ships in the Norfolk VA area until his full retirement in 2014. He has been active with the OAEA since inception being one of the original steering committee, and since 2006 has served on the Board Of Directors, headed the Scholarship Committee, maintains the membership database and since summer of 2022, is the Membership Committee Chairman handling all of the membership associated admin. He was the chairman of the 2014 OAEA reunion in Norfolk, and since 2000, has coordinated and networked with Tidewater VA OAEs, hosting a quarterly lunch. He has also become webmaster and has created an on-line newsletter/blog to replace the Explorers Gazette.
He enjoys out of country travel with his wife Linda (also a Life member), and besides annual trips to the Caribbean and Mexico, they have traveled to Egypt, South American countries, the Galapagos Islands, South Africa, and have traveled via river boat through the central part of Europe from Budapest to Amsterdam. They have also taken several ocean cruises, one of which was a 2015 cruise into the Antarctic Peninsula area. They reside in Chesapeake, Virginia and have a son and daughter.