Raised on a farm near Moscow, Idaho; Union Pacific Railroad Agriculture Scholarship to Washington State University; U.S. Air Force Vietnam veteran; business owner (44 years), including marina resort on Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille (4 years); Idaho and Washington real estate broker, land developer and home builder (12 years); Rathdrum, Idaho multiline independent insurance agency (24 years), sold agency to adult children in November 2012; past President, North Idaho Association of Health Underwriters; Treasurer, Highway Evangelism; Treasurer, Reach America; Treasurer, Heritage Christian Supply aka Sower Bible & Gift Store, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; spouse: Sue; five children; 14 grandchildren.