Place of Birth: Olympia, WA

Saint Martin's Alumnus: HS 1955

Family: Wife, Ruth; children, Erin, Sean, Shannon and Colin.

Education: BA in Accounting, University of Washington; CPA.

Professional Background: Worked for a national accounting firm for 28 years and  served as head of the Portland, Oregon Office. I spent the last 11 years running my own accounting and consulting firm and am now semi-retired.

Boards/Volunteer Activities: Served on the blue ribbon panel for Archbishop Levada (now Cardinal Levada) to reorganize the charitable assets of the Archdiocese of Portland; chair of the board for Catholic Services for Children and Board of Catholic Charities for the Portland Archdiocese; founding member of LaSalle High School Educational Excellence in the Eighties fund raiser.

Passion in Life: If anything in my life is a passion I believe it would be people; my family, the families of my friends and the Saint Martin's family. I also greatly enjoy travel. My wife might say my passion is work-any kind!

Hobbies: Travel, working around home and the yard, automotive tinkering and outdoor activities of all kinds.

Why Saint Martin's?: Saint Martin's was a large part of my formative years and I was blessed by it.

Favorite Saint Martin's Program or Personality: Of course I would have to start with my good friend and classmate Fr. Kilian; Dave Spangler (and Jeanne); and Father's Leonard and Conrad, who were such a part of my youth.

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