Graduated from UW-Parkside 1973. BS degree in Management Science: emphasis in Business Management and Labor Economics. Co-founder and VP of Alpha-Kappa-Lamda at UW-P, UW-P Golf Team Freshman and Sophomore years. Married Kathy Glines in 1972. President of Wisconsin Plating Works from 1974-2014. Retired in 2014. Active in BPOE Elks #252 - Exhalted Ruler in 1978/1979, President of State Street Business Association 1979. 1985 Certified Manufacturing Engineer for Finishing Management through the Association for Finishing Processes of SME, 1986 Man of the Year award from State Street District Business Association, Director/Treasurer of Racine County Club 1993/1996, Awarded Beta Gamma Sigma at UW-P in 2007 for professional achievement, Awarded RAMAC Racine Area Business Person of the Year in 2008, Awarded UW-P Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2014, Awarded Emeritus status for the UW-P Foundation in 2017, currently serve on the selection committee for the Racine County Sports Hall of Fame, Treasurer of the Kassel Mission Historical Society, UW-P College of Business Advisory Board. Spend time boating, hunting, fishing, riding ATV's and Snowmobiles at our Cabin in central Wisconsin and enjoying our six grandchildren.

Enjoyed serving on Park's Varsity Golf Team 1967, 1968 and 1969. Favorite teachers: Al Weidner, Jim Eastman and Paula von Scheit.