I was born in Berkeley, California. I lived in the Bay area until 1962. We then moved to Woodcliff Lake, NJ. We moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1965. I graduated from Albion College in 1972 with a degree in Religion. I then briefly attended Boston University Seminary.
In Boston I worked for the U.S. Defense Department and later I sold steel. In 1986 I received my MBA and MS in MIS from Boston University.
Later that year I moved to the New York area and worked for Swiss Bank Corp which became UBS. At the bank I managed the FX trade processing department and helped design and install trade processing systems. In the IT department I was responsible for the bank’s US dollar payment and investigations systems. I also managed the bank’s MIS department and worked on some of the bank’s credit systems.
I met my wife Jane in a bereavement group. We married in 1999. My late wife Diana died a year after the bank moved us to CT in 1996. My daughter Katie died in 1990. My adopted son Dave was born in southern India. He and his wife Catherine live with their six year old daughter in Norwalk. Jane’s son Derek and his wife Judy also live in Norwalk. Their twin boys are both college freshmen.
Jane and I are both members of the Noroton Presbyterian Church. I am currently serving as an Elder on the Mission team. I have been legally blind from birth and became totally blind in the early 2000s.
I play guitar, read extensively and am very interested in current events and in investing. I root for the Red Sox, Michigan and I am a disappointed Lions fan.
