USAFA Class Heritage Class of 1963

By God`s grace, I have three super kids, a great son-in-law, a very special future daughter-in-law, wonderfully loyal friends, good health, a comfortable place to live in an interesting city (Atlanta), and an excellent income from my job as a computer database developer.

By my own willfulness, I have two ex-wives, an ex-girlfriend who taught me that I still have a lot to learn about relationships, and"following Uncle Sam`s dubious example"a personal balance sheet with a large negative bottom line.

I`ve flown at Mach 2, climbed a dozen or so of Colorado`s `fourteeners` lived in Europe, Asia, and ten different states, visited Africa and South America, rafted the Chattooga (in `Deliverance`) River, skied and backpacked all over the Western U.S., and learned the rudiments of four foreign languages.

I`ve taught college economics and flying, worked in the Pentagon, corporate America, and the small business sector, and spent many years barely surviving as I eeked out a living in Montana.

All these mostly wonderful experiences have taught me two basic rules that would have made some major differences in my life had I observed them faithfully during these last 55 years: (1) Trust in God above all else, and (2) Seek out every opportunity to help, and be helped by other people. I pray these two rules will serve me well during my next 55 years, and especially during the years of radical lifestyle adjustments that I believe we all soon must face. Submitted 1998.

35th Reunion (1998): By God’s grace, I have three super kids, a great son-in-law, a very special future daughter-in-law, wonderfully loyal friends, good health, a comfortable place to live in an interesting city (Atlanta), and an excellent income from my job as a computer database developer. By my own willfulness, I have two ex-wives, an ex-girlfriend who taught me that I still have a lot to learn about relationships, and— following Uncle Sam’s dubious example—a personal balance sheet with a large negative bottom line. I’ve flown at Mach 2, climbed a dozen or so of Colorado’s “fourteeners,” lived in Europe, Asia, and ten different states, visited Africa and South America, rafted the Chattooga (in “Deliverance”) River, skied and backpacked all over the Western U.S., and learned the rudiments of four foreign languages. I’ve taught college economics and flying, worked in the Pentagon, corporate America, and the small business sector, and spent many years barely surviving as I eeked out a living in Montana. All these mostly wonderful experiences have taught me two basic rules that would have made some major differences in my life had I observed them faithfully during these last 55 years: (1) Trust in God above all else, and (2) Seek out every opportunity to help, and be helped by other people. I pray these two rules will serve me well during my next 55 years, and especially during the years of radical lifestyle adjustments that I believe we all soon must face.