Born in Bluefield West Virginia.
Moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, attended Grade School, Carey Jr. High School and graduated from Cheyenne East High School in 1964, enlisted in The U.S. Navy one week after High School Graduation. Went to Boot Camp, then to Hospital Corps school, then to Field Medical School, served with the U.S. Marines in Viet Nam as a platoon medic, then ended my first tour and served aboard the USS Galveston CLG-3. Departed the Navy, Married my wife, went Adams State College and Southern Utah State College. Returned to the Navy and went to the Naval School of Health Sciences, became a Cytotechnologist until I retired from the Navy. Moved to Reno, Nevada worked as a Cytotechnologist for nineteen and a half years and retired. Got into CG by using Terragen. Now I work with Vue, Geocontrol 2, and Terragen 2. I am but an amateur, but I love doing it.