Born 1941 in Michigan, then moved to Texas, then to Florida
Graduated 1959 Valedictorian and National Merit Scholar
AA 1961 Graceland College (now University!), Lamoni, Iowa
BS EE 1963 University of Kansas (with RCA & Boeing Scholarships)
Summer 1963 Bell Telephone Laboratories (TERRIFIC place to work!)
MS EE 1964 Colorado State University (on an NSF Fellowship)
Married 1964 44 years later, Nancy is still the light of my life!
September 1965 Edith, our daughter, was born
Summer 1966 EG&G (in Law Vegas! Atomic-bomb stuff -- don't ask!)
PhD EE 1967 Arizona State University (on a NASA Fellowship)
1967-1971 Fairchild Semiconductor R. & D. Lab (SYMBOL computer)
May 1968 Omner (a Book of Mormon name), our 1st son, was born
December 1970 Aaron, our 2nd son, was adopted Dec. 31 (instant tax break!)
1971-1975 Kansas State University (CIS and EE Departments)
Summer 1973 Brooks Research & Manufacturing (8008 microcomputer stuff)
1976-1986 Kansas State University (CIS Department)
Summer 1984 Eglin Air Force Base (8086 micro-computer stuff)
Summer 1986 MicroElectronics & ComputerTechnology Corp. (MCC)
1986-1987 Fulbright Professor at the University of Benin, Nigeria
1987-1997 Kansas State University (CIS Department)
1990 Received the Stamey Teaching Award
Summer 1990 Argonne National Laboratory (more atomic stuff)
January 1997 Retired (and I'm still loving every minute of it!)
April 1997 Started driving a school bus part-time (mornings only!)
Summer 1997 Volunteered at the NRA's Whittington Adventure Camps
March 1999 Started helping burn Konza Prairie Biological Station watersheds
December 2000 Served on a jury (civil case) for nine days
Summer 2001 Archaeological survey in west-central New Mexico
Fall 2001 Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Graceland University
(my first Alma Mater and where I met Nancy) in Lamoni, Iowa
January, 2003 Turned 62 and started receiving Social (in)Security;
all of you still-working people have my heartfelt thanks!
June 2005 Nancy (finally) retired!
January, 2006 Turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare (Thanks again!)
May 2006 Retired again (after driving a school-bus for nine years)
June 2006 Became a Kansas-certified Concealed-Carry Handgun Instructor
November 2007 Took my first (and probably last) Caribbean cruise
February 2009 Tried to remove my left index finger (see my web page)
January 2010 Graduated my 23rd CCH class and certified my 162nd student
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