After Annunciation, I went to Benilde, St. Johns and the University of Minnesota where I earned my PhD in Physical Chemistry. I married the smartest woman at St. Bens and we have five children and are up to 5 grandchildren. Since leaving the U, I have had a checkered career working in Washington DC for 14 years and in Washington State for 21 years. I am currently teaching chemistry at Columbia Basin College. We are on the dry side of the state, known as the home of the radioactive tumbleweeds. I've been active with St. Joseph's parish in Kennewick and with the Boy Scouts.