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A lifelong Michiganian, I was born in Detroit but was raised from the age of four in the Upper Peninsula. My hometown is Negaunee the smallest of three "Tri-cities" in Marquette County. My Mom was born in nearby Palmer and when my parents migrated back from Detroit to the U.P. it was to settle near her parents who had a small dairy farm. My Dad worked in the Iron Mines of Negaunee and Ishpeming. The Mather A, Mather B, the Barnum, the Tracy Mine; all familiar names in that area in those days(1950's).

I have five siblings, four brothers and a sister. Four still live in the Negaunee area and two of us have "migrated" away from the homeland. My Dad passed away in 1982 but, my Mom still lives in Negaunee. So, whenever I get the chance to "go home", that literally is still true. Much has changed but, that feeling of "home" is still a centering influence in my life.

I met my wife in Alpena, Michigan when I went there to work as a "community School Director". She was a Michigan State University student working on a degree in Elementary Education. Mary Kay and I have two boys, T.J. and Benjamin. We have worked as educators in various capacities now for over thirty years! I have been a teacher, a community school director, a Principal and a college professor. Mary Kay has been a pre-school teacher, a LaMaze instructor, a LaLeche Leader, a first grade teacher, a third grade teacher and a college instructor. Our boys are off to college now and both express some interest in teaching and learning careers.

Here is the happy couple just after the ceremony. We were married in Alpena, Michigan at the Presbyterian Church on June 14, 1969. We lived there four more years before moving on to graduate school when I was awarded a Mott Foundation Fellowship to work on a doctorate degree at Michigan State University.

• Other Interesting Stuff...
  • The Boy's (my kids, T.J.and Benjamin,)
  • Running, Skiing and Cycling
  • Professional Interests
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Whew!? That's enough already!! To know more you will have to spend some time with me in person... :-)