Attended BYU for one year-served a LDS mission in Southern States-returned to BYU for four years and graduated with Communications/Theatre major and English minor-married Jessie Royall in 1966- taught one year in Lynwood, CA and then returned to Montpelier where I taught until my retirement in 2005-purchased a small farm north of Montpelier that kept my boys and I busy summers until I sold it after retiring-served in a variety of LDS Church positions including Bishop of 5th Ward, ward and stake clerk, High Council (twice)-was active in the Bear Lake Education Assoc. and the Idaho Education Assoc. all my teaching career-served as a member and as chairman of the Idaho Professional Standards Commission- served on the board of the now defunct Idaho Teachers Mutual Insurance Co.-and as city councilman in Montpelier-have travelled widely in recent years including 7, month-long, trips to Eastern and Southern Africa. Help support a school in Arusha, Tanzania.

Jessie and I spend a lot of time visiting children and grandchildren (19) and great grandchildren (2). Some of them live in Arizona so we try to arrange some time there each winter.

We recently sold our home (of 50 years) to the LDS church and it will be part of the announced temple site. After much discussion we moved two blocks east and half a block south and now live in a new ward and a new stake.