Born in Lake Forest, IL; graduated Bradley University in Peoria, IL, with a BS in business
management and administration (1975); commercial pilot, amateur radio operator, and 30-year
USAF Master Navigator and combat veteran on KC-135 jet tankers and C-130 cargo aircraft; retired as full Colonel and Vice Commander of the 168th Air Refueling Wing in Fairbanks, AK (2000); 11-
year veteran retired Moscow, ID, police officer; Christian Conservative; life member of the NRA,
Military Officers Association of America, VFW Post in Potlatch, and the Farm Bureau of Benewah
County; Spouse: Maria for 49 years; seven children; 22 grandchildren.