Three and a half years later

Wow! I am still retired.

Alex graduated from one of the best high schools in the country with every honor imaginable, including valedictorian. He completed enough high school hours to graduate twice! He is a National AP scholar. He has enough college credit to start as a Sophomore. He was admitted to the University of Chicago, but they give no merit money (and very little need money). A quarter of a million dollars for an undergraduate education just does not compute.

He will be going to St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Great school, and they wanted him! They sent merit money. Yeah! It is a Christian based school, with an awesome music program and a great economics department. It is the right distance away. The students and faculty are real people. Great fit!

Alyssa did just as well in Middle School. She is clearly a (the) top student. She is continuing her dance. She is in the Senior performing company at her dance academy, and made the high school dance team, and the freshman show choir before she even graduated from middle school. She is "front row" in all of these. Wow! Good looking and Smart! She made a wise decision to not run cross-country, even tho she might have been their top runner. There are just not enough hours in the week.

All of this is expensive. Unless I win the lottery, I will run out of money in about two years.
We will see.

Current resume

I am currently a “professional volunteer.” I serve as the board president of His Hands Free Medical Clinic, head the New Covenant Stephen Ministry leadership team, lead the Trekker’s ABF Missions team, serve as treasurer/ bookkeeper for the Cedar Rapids Serve-the-City organization, and coordinate the recording of Sunday services at New Covenant. I am a member of the Ignite! Team. I set-up and operate the lighting system at New Covenant on a rotating schedule. I meet with an e-team and a prayer partner weekly.

I am retired from Rockwell-Collins, where I served for 28 years in various roles including Strategic Planning Manager, Capture Team Leader, and Program Manager. Prior to Rockwell, I was a Senior Financial Analyst at Xerox Corporation. Before that, I was a Captain in the US Air Force, serving as a pilot in T-41, T-37, T-38, and EC-47 aircraft and Instructor/Flight Examiner/Aircraft Commander in C-141 aircraft. I completed one combat tour in Southeast Asia.

I have a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs/Economics from the USAF Academy, a Masters in Business Administration of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and a Master of Arts in Management and Supervision from Central Michigan University. I am working on a Certificate of Non-Profit Management from Iowa State University Extension.

My wife Bobbie and I have two children. Our son Alex will graduate from Washington HS in May and our daughter Alyssa will graduate from McKinley MS in June. We have been attending New Covenant since 1999.

I am a member of the Linn County Association of Evangelicals and a life member of the USAF Academy Association of Graduates.