I attended college at SUNY Fredonia and taught music in Southampton, Long Island NY. I was then drafted into the Army because of Vietnam, so I joined and played in Army bands in New York City and Germany. I married a girl I met in college. We just had our 33rd anniversary and are still happily married. After Germany, I ran a few businesses and now I am substitute teaching in the Baldwinsville and Liverpool New York school districts. My wife is the German teacher in Baldwinsville. I have been one of Jehovah's Witnesses for over 30 years. Life is good and I’m looking forward to more.