A Little About Me

Posted on January 16, 2006

I was born and raised in Richmond, California. I was a Richmond Oiler before Coach Carter (the movie). Actually, Richmond Union High School was torn down the year I graduated because it was not earthquake proof, so the school you see in the movie is not the school I attended.

I attended the California State University at Chico for my undergraduate degree and moved to Vermont in 1976 to attend the University of Vermont for my Masters degree in Intensive Special Education.

I met my wife Marcy in 1978 and we were married in 1979 while I was attending graduate school at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. We have two children, Ryan and Bethany. Ryan attends CVU High School and Bethany is at the University of Vermont.

Ryan and I have earned our 3rd degree black belts in Shaolin Kempo Karate from the Villari's Self Defence Studio in S. Burlington, VT under the direction of Master Laurie Shover. We started when he was 5 years old and have never looked back!

My other interests include working on my house (really a necessity more than a hobby), all things Mac (computer), hiking, camping and traveling (we took a road trip our west this past summer which was great!!).