Graduated from University of Minnesota Duluth and commissioned a 2nd Lt in the USAF. Graduated from Navigator and B-52 school in 1984. Graduated from Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) in 1987 and then instructed student pilots in the T-38. Flew KC-135 in the Gulf War. Joined the Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer and retired. Joined Lake Superior Consulting as a Corrosion Engineer in 2010.

Stealing a pig from Stephenhagens farm and letting it go in the gymnasium.