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Born and raised on a farm in Minnesota, accepted Jesus as my Savior in 9^th grade.  I am a Christian, and I credit this to being raised in a loving Christian family.  I grew up with three brothers and   Church played a significant role in our lives.  The hard but rewarding work of planting crops and raising animals was integral to our upbringing.  Our parents instilled is us boys the values of loving God, prayer, and striving to be a good Christian example to others. 

Drafted into the Army, served in Berlin, West Germany, and Vietnam.  Settled in Chicago area, worked for airlines 5 years, and computer programming in Banking for 20 years. Also taught Programming classes at Roosevelt University for 15 years. Acquired a double major Batchelor degree in business and programming, Master of Science degree in Computer Science, and Master of Arta degree in Education.  Taught college level programming classes for 10 years, and High School Industrial Arts Classes for 13 years.  God is good, it is by the grace of God I am here, I was severely. wounded in Vietnam and after many people praying for me and 7 months of rehab, and many operations I am still here.  I say thank you God every morning.