Me (at age 70) with my brothers Pat and Chuck
I'm the Good Looking One in the Middle
Me (at age 70) with my brothers Pat and Chuck
I'm the Good Looking One in the Middle
I was born in Menasha Wisconsin on 24 October,1936.
I was raised in Dickinson, North Dakota attending St Joeseph's Elementry School and Dickinson Central High School
Upon graduation from high school in 1954 I enlisted in the Air Force and went to Boot Camp at Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas. Bootcamp was tough and hot in June, July and August of 54.
From Boot Camp I went to Keesler AFB in Biloxi Mississippi where I attended Tech School to become an Airborne Radio Technician. The beach at Biloxi was great!
From Keesler I went to Keflevick, Iceland. The snow in Iceland was deep!
From Iceland I went to Mc Chord AFB in Tacoma Washington. It rained all the time!
After the Air Force, in October, 1958, I returned to North Dakota to attend college. The rest of that year and Spring of 59 I attended DSTC in Dickinson but in the fall of 1958 I transfered to North Dakota Agriculture College in Fargo. After having the time of my life partying and playing pinachle and getting a state constitutional amendment to change the name to North Dakota State University, I graduated with a BSEE in 1963.
Following college I went to work for the US Navy Dept. in Washington, DC. Most of my career was spent as an engineer and program manager for Marine Corps Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems
I am now retired on a small farmette near Louisa VA. The fishing is good, I bowl in a leaque twice a week, and I lose all my money at my thursday nite poker game and whenever the Redskins lose.
My primary goal in life is to live a long, healthful, fulfilling, happy life in harmony with all humans, with closeness to many of them and in love with myself and one other.
I have at long last found that one other. She is a Filipina gal named Tessie (Basilio) Wilz. I met her on the internet in March, 2000 while she was living and working in Hong Kong. I went over there to meet her in June, 2000. While there, we got engaged and in December of that year her "Fiancee Visa" was approved so she could join me here to get married. She came to the USA in December and we were married on 6 January, 2001. Tessie Wilz is the best thing that ever happened to me!!!Tessie became a US Citizen on October 19, 2005
Tessie with her Citizen Certificate
Another goal is to write (and publish) my views of life, my philosophy, MY REALITY!.
I have just started to expand this Background Section. Initially I will just list some preliminary life occurances in chronological order to establish a base line outlining the major periods of my life Including:
1. My earliest Memories
2. Elementary School
3. High School
4. My Time in the Air Force
5. College
6. Navy Department Career
7. My Family
8. Engineering Consulting
9. My businesses
10. My Farms
11. My Retirement
12. Tessie
Later on I will provide more biographical detail for each of these sections.
This page was last updated on 5 December, 2005.