As most of you who remember me will recall, I didn’t exactly graduate from Skyline High School. After two years at Wasatch Junior High, I was a member of the first Freshman Class to ever attend Skyline (1964-65). After three fantastic years as an Eagle, my family moved to California in 1967, so I missed out on my senior year here. Still, I’ll never forget when we won Skyline’s first State Championship in a major sport (Track & Field, 1967), and rejoiced again when the Seniors won State in football in 1968!

Since college, I have worked in the Southern California aerospace industry – Hughes Helicopters, Hughes Aircraft Company, and Raytheon. Not only did my work provide me with great benefits and finances for my other reckless pursuits, it also afforded me the opportunity to travel. I lived for a couple of years in Penang, Malaysia, a couple more on the Keflavik Naval Air Station, Iceland, and spent several months working outside of Lisbon, Portugal. I took full advantage of these assignments, and saw as much of the outlying regions as possible. Travel – the more remote, the better – is still a high priority on my list, even though I'm retired now and have to pay for it myself!

My wife Neva and I have been married for 30 years, and she has been my best friend since the day I met her. I have a daughter Cindy by a prior marriage, and I have a couple of granddaughters.

I have always had a passion for running. I’ll never forget the night I received my Letter for Cross Country at the Skyline Lettermen’s Club. Since then, I’ve racked up some pretty good numbers. In addition to a ton of shorter races, I just completed my 102nd  marathon. Cool marathons I’ve completed include Easter Island, the Great Wall (China), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), White Nights (St. Petersburg, Russia), Reykjavik and Lake Myvatn (Iceland), Kuala Lumpur and Penang (Malaysia), Einstein (Germany), Paris, Prague, and Lisbon. I have run all 33 Los Angeles Marathons, dating back to 1986, and have run Boston as a time-qualified runner three times. (Neva politely points out that she has five Boston Finisher’s medals!) I’ve run marathons on all seven continents, and have run all six "Marathon Majors" (London, Berlin, Tokyo, Chicago, Boston, and New York).  Just so you don’t think I’ve lost the “wild and crazy” side most of you remember, we’re also life-long members of the Hash House Harriers, an international running organization whose motto is “We’re a beer drinking club with a running problem!”

I owe several Skyline teachers a huge “thank you” for providing positive direction for some of my pursuits, which directly influenced the course of my entire life. Thanks to Mr. Bird for teaching me how to read music and perform in cooperation with other musicians to create such beauty in that media. Thanks to Mrs. Johnson (English), who challenged me to sharpen my writing skills and critical thinking; today I hold degrees in English Literature (UCLA) and Secondary English Education (U. of Wyoming). A very special thanks to Coach Hathaway, for channelling my love of running into a disciplined and competitive avocation. I never lost that thrill and now have literally run all over the world. Our home is adorned with a host of running awards (mostly Neva’s) and memorabilia. I met Neva because of our shared passion for running, and we even had our wedding ceremony at the end of a run! Thanks, Coach! 

Finally, a big global “thanks” to the entire staff at Skyline – we all owe so much for your putting up with us little angels over those years, and giving us a quality education in spite of everything! I hope that you can now look at the results of your efforts, smile, and consider it to be a “job well done.”