After high school and a stint in the Navy I went on to grad school at the University of Washington to become an environmental scientist. During the past 35 years I have worked in various parts of the globe including Canada, South Korea, Malaysia, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, East Timor, and the Philippines, among other locations. In January 2006 I...
more »After high school and a stint in the Navy I went on to grad school at the University of Washington to become an environmental scientist. During the past 35 years I have worked in various parts of the globe including Canada, South Korea, Malaysia, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, East Timor, and the Philippines, among other locations. In January 2006 I retired from a job assisting building a new Peace Corps program in East Timor, the newest country in the world. Within two weeks of retiring I accepted a 3-month consultancy with FEMA leading engineering groups in rebuiding southern Louisiana government infrastructure damaged in Katrina. I retired again in June 2006 and started a fly-fishing pro shop in western Washington. January, 2007 I was recruited by the the Kingdom of Tonga to head up the reconstruction of their fire-ravaged capitol city, Nuku'alofa.
In addition to my professional work I have been a freelance outdoors and environment/conservation writer and newspaper outdoor columnist for many years. I have published well in excess of 500 articles.
In the late 1970's, while working and sailing in the equatorial Pacific, I met a beautiful Polynesian princess on the remote topical island paradise, Ha'apai, in the Kingdom of Tonga. Several years later I married her. We have two boys (26, 18), the older of whom is an artist, musician, and movie producer/director with his own company; Aboriginal Lens.
I believe that each of us has an obligation to try to make a positive impact for the betterment of our fellow human beings during our this very short life, no matter how limited our abilities. I am not sure how successful I have been. I am still trying. How about you?
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