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Navy after high school - served aboard aircraft carrier (USS Shangri-la) as petty officer in charge of administration in Operations Office. Attended college, Systems Analyist/Programmer for Mead Paper until 1970, Worked for Nationwide Insurance as manager of Medicare Data Processing until 1977, became a Nationwide Insurance Agency owner until May 2007-sold business and retired. Elected to Chillicothe City Council as Second Ward Councilman 1987-2000, Elected as Council President 2001 to 2009. Lifetime member of the Ross County Community Improvement Corp board of directors, served on the Executive Committee for 20 years with 10 years as board president. Charter board member to help start Lower Lights Christian Health Center in Columbus (Franklinton - near East side) served as president of the board of directors for five years. Health center was developed to provide health care to the needy based on ability to pay. Retired Chairman of Church of the Nazarene South Central Ohio District Sunday School Board after having position for 20 years and Nazarene Regional Sunday School Coordinator for Ohio, West Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky for 5 years. Teach adult Sunday School class and church Treasurer at the Westside Nazarene church on Orange Street.