When I was a kid, I did stupid things just like everyone else.
My youthful choice of stupidity included, jumping off corn quonsets into hay stacks (painful), jumping over our house with a 125 Kawasaki motorcycle (successful), going water skiing when there was still ice on the water (bad idea), and ripping flesh from my shin bone trying to show off how high I could jump, and then sewing it back up. (that stings, and you need pliers as well as a needle and thread).
I have cleaned pigsties and toilets, loaded iron and stacked concrete, detasseled in the cornfields and stacked hay, been a driver, a store clerk, a waiter, a newspaper boy, and a worker on an assembly line. I have worn most hats.
In the military I have walked through machine gun nests, been blown down runways, and have huddled half frozen on the Korean plains during operation Team Spirit.
I am just an average Nebraskan, originally from Broken Bow. My family has been in Nebraska for 7 generations. I know what Nebraska was, and what we have lost. I want it back.
Civilian Experience
- Educational Administrator, Japan
- US Census State Quality Assurance Director, Nebraska
- Foreign Advisor, Japanese Ministry of Education
- Mechanical and Electrical Assembly
- Residential Construction
- Agriculture (Seed Corn and Livestock)
Civilian Education
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Education
- Business
- Economics
- Natural Sciences
- Business/Educational Administration (Graduate)
Military Experience
- Helicopter Communications and Navigation
- Military Intelligence Security
- NBC Disaster Preparation
- Military Medical Laboratory
- Military Police
Personal and Professional Studies
- Professional Speaking (Brian Tracy)
- Human Cell Culturing (Dr. Fox)
- Desert Afforestation
- Nutritional Therapies
- RF and Microwave Radiation Hazards
- Genetic Analysis
Licenses and Certifications (Current and Former)
Licenses and Certifications (Current and Former)
- Military Final Secret Security Clearance
- Aviation Communication Navigation Certification
- Medical Laboratory Certification
- California State University Tutorial Certification
- New York Teaching Certification
- Educational Administration Certification
- Conceal Carry Weapon Permit
Previous Volunteering
- Red Cross: Disaster Assessment
- Korean Orphanage Project: Operation Team Spirit
- Big Brothers of America
- Lincoln Literacy Council: ESL Instructor
Special Honors
- Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
- Naval Letter of Commendation in Record-Breaking Academic Performance
- USMC Commendation: Designed Emergency Military Exercise Helicopter Communications
- USMC Commendation: Military Intelligence Security Inspection
Affiliations
- Alpha Gamma Sigma Academic Honor Society
- English Teachers of Japan: Annual Keynote Speaker
- Brian Tracy International
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- American Legion
Interests and Hobbies
Music: Piano, Singing, Whistling
Hanging out at Book Stores
Writing Books and Educational Curriculum
Gardening and Planting Trees
Raising Small Farm Livestock
Research of Biophysics, Genetics, and Medicine