History

My hometown

Manheim, PA (Ten miles north of Lancaster)

Other places I've been

Most of the traveling I've done outside southeast Pennsylvania was by virtue of my enlistment in the U.S. Navy. I went to boot camp in San Diego, California and to electronics school in San Francisco, California and then became a member of the commissioning crew (plank owner) of a guided missile frigate in Charlestown Naval shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. That ship, the USS Leahy, was homeported in Boston and later Charleston, South Carolina. Later in my life during periods of wanderlust and between studies at Penn State, I returned to some of my favorite Navy places for further exploration. (Except those places out of this country which include Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, France, Italy, Spain and Greece.)

Education
  • Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry - 1960 to 1960
  • Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry (initially); General Arts and Sciences - 1965 to 1967
  • Pennsylvania State University, General Arts and Sciences - 1973 to 1975
  • Mount Joy Vocational-Technical School, Tractor Trailer Driver training (6 weeks) - 1992 to 1992
Work
  • Midstate Delivery Service, Commercial Driver (part time local) - 2005 to 2007
  • Too Many to List, Jack of All Trades? - 1953 to 2007
Military
  • U.S. Navy - 1961 to 1965
    Division: Destroyer Squadron 6 (USS Leahy DLG-16)
    Rank: E-5 (ETR-2) Petty Officer 2nd Class