Biography

 I was born at a very early age... in a hospital.  My mother was there at the time.  She will never forgive me for what I wrote on the walls... in utero. I was raised mostly on Kincheloe AFB in the upper peninsula of Michigan  I attended Northern Michigan University and received both my Bachelors (1970) and Masters (1978) from there... majoring in math.  I spent one year teaching math in Wolverine, Michigan, 27 years teaching math at Community High School District 94 in West Chicago, IL, and 15 years teaching computers for College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL.  I am currently retired... and enjoying community service activities.      I was Secretary of the West Chicago Planning Commission for much of my almost two decades of service there, a member of the West Chicago Human Relations Commission., Chairman of the West Chicago Environmental Advisory Commission, a member of the District 94 School Board, and member of the District 33 School Board.

      My wife, Sharon, is a nurse in OB and lactation consultant at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva, IL.  We have two children.  My son, Stan, is a 22 year old graduate of Concordia College River Forest and my daughter, Rebecca, is a 18 year old sophomore at Western Michigan University.  She is majoring in driving her mother crazy.