Following a PhD from University of Nebraska in 1977, I taught Communication and Management for 30 years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, including roles as department chair of Management and Associate Dean of the business school.  In my spare time, I was also mayor of Oxford. In 2007, I retired from Miami and took a job as Director of the School of Communication at San Diego State University.  My son lives & works in Los Angeles for a mass transit engineering company and my married daughter lives & works here in San Diego for Qualcomm.  My wife of 39 years (Kay) retired in 2010 and we live in Santee, CA - a suburb east of San Diego.

As of Fall 2013:

After graduation, I attended Bradley University and earned a degree in Physics.  I was in ROTC, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.  I married a girl I met at Bradley, Bonnie Atwood,from Ottawa, Illinois.  We moved to Ames, Iowa for graduate school and a MS in Physics.

 

After that, I went on active duty with the Air Force and stayed on for 22 years.  It was a wonderful time for most of it.  I worked primarily with computers and satellites, but also got to do other interesting things such as teach at the Air Force Academy.  My final job was at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM, writing computer software to simulate satellites, orbits, and satellite systems.

 

After retirement from the Air Force, I returned as a civilian contractor doing the same job.  And then we moved away and I continued the same job by telecommuting.  That continued for several years until a government funding situation filtered down and cancelled the contracts with the company I worked for.  Since they weren't going to pay me any more, I decided I should probably stop working for them... hence, retirement.  That move away from Albuquerque was to allow Bonnie to better pursue her career as a professional librarian.  She finished her career as the Library Directory for Levy County, Florida, with 5 libraries.  After her retirement, we moved to Cleveland, TN for a few years.

 

We moved in December of 2012 to Medford, Oregon.  It was our 11th major move.  We now live in the beautiful Rogue Valley Manor, a continuing care retirement community.  If either of us should ever need anything from help getting dressed, to full-time nursing care, to Alzheimers care, it is available without leaving campus.  So this should be our last move.  We moved in as soon as we were eligible (old enough) so we could make friends and enjoy all of the available activities.  I am an amateur radio operator, N5XYV, and my station is in the Manor's radio room with access to six beautiful antennas on the roof of a 10 story building which sits atop a 200 foot hill.  What a dream.  That same hill gives our corner apartment a gorgeous view to both the North and West to the surrounding hills and mountains, and city lights at night.

 

Bonnie and I just celebrated our 40th anniversary.  We have two children.  Markus is a Marine Biolgist with the new Portland (Oregon) Aquarium, and is father to our GrandDaughter, Aurelia.  Marie is Doctor of Phyiscal Therapy with her own clinic in Morrilton, Arkansas, and tells us to expect a second grandchild in the Spring!

 

I keep busy fixing computer problems for friends, and singing with my Church choir and the Manor's choir.  I am a member of the Civil Air Patrol, and am studying to qualify to fly right seat on search and rescue missions.  I was quite active with the Kairos Prison Ministry in Florida and Tennessee, but that is just getting started here in Oregon.  I'm attending their first function this fall.  Finally, my main hobby is singing barbershop harmony, which I've been doing for about 15 years now.  This past July I sang with the Salem, Oregon, chorus at International competition, where we placed 12th in the world.  I love to sing, and if I can do a little acting along with it, all the better.  Pretty amazing for the kid who was almost terminally shy growing up.