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College Name
John Herron Art Institute Butler University Indianapolis, IN
College Graduation Year
Attended 4 years
College Graduation Major/Concentration
Fine Arts Teaching
Occupation(s)
Too numerous to mention really. I worked as a draughtsman, screen process printer, offset press layout art and platemaking, Physical plant supervisor and I am now retired. It's been a strange and wonderful life with lots of blessings. What I really love to do is paint and draw - unfortunately not very lucrative in this area. I am also a voracious reader.

Favorite Movies

1. Lawrence of Arabia 2. The Green Mile 3. The Blues Brothers 4. Little Big Man 5. What Dreams May Come 6. Fried Green Tomatoes 7. Platoon

Favorite TV Shows

Upstairs Downstairs (PBS), Sherlock Holmes, Columbo, Shogun (#1 favorite), Twin Peaks, All Creatures Great and Small, The Rifleman, The Andy Griffith Show, Discovery, History and Documentary Channel specials.

Activities

I produce a monthly newsletter for my 3 parish Catholic Church and write for it as well. I also love to paint and spend much of my time reading a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction. I attend many stage plays at our local theater.

Favorite Charities

St. Jude Hospital, several wildlife foundations.

Favorite Music

I love most kinds of music from clssical, rock and soundtracks. soundtracks like Benny & Joon, Chess, JC Superstar, Lawrence of Arabia and others. Performers would be Harry Chapin, Hoyt Axton, James Blunt, Joe Cocker, BS&T, Randy Travis, Jefferson Airplane, Annie Lennox and many others.

Favorite Books

The Terror, The Castle (by Kafka), The Bible, any C.S. Lewis writings, All Dean Koontz novels, The Hobbit series by Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut novels, Ysabel and many others.

Favorite Quotes

1 Corinthians 13; 1-13

Favorite People

My wife, children and grandchildren. My priest and my fellow parishioners in my Church. They are all very much my family.

Favorite Places

Hawaii (where we honeymooned), Where we live now in the sticks in Indiana, Ireland, Gethsemene in Kentucky. Anywhere it is quiet and peaceful.

Favorite Animals

Horses, cats, tigers, wolves, dolphins, panthers, deer, great blue heron, whales any many others.

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