I have been a resident of Darien off and on since 1962. I was born in 1951 in Minneapolis, MN and lived in Arkansas and Mississippi prior to moving to Darien. I spent sixth grade in Tokeneke Elementary School, graduated from Mather Junior High School in 1966, and graduated from Darien Hih School in 1969.
I graduated from the U.S Naval Academy in 1973 with a B.S. in mathematics. Then I spent five years on active duty and twenty-five years in the Reserves. My shipboard time was in Charleston, SC with approximately 50% of the time at sea. The last year of my active duty was at UCLA teaching Naval ROTC.
After leaving active duty, I attended Harvard Business School and graduated in 1980 with an MBA. I worked for Westvaco for two years and then IBM for the next 26 years primarily in financial functions. My last assignment was with the IBM Pension Fund.
I took early retirement from IBM in 2008 and spent the next seventeen years as the Chief Financial Officer of three school districts – Ridgefield, Plymouth, and Trumbull. I retired from Trumbull on June 30, 2025, and currently do interim work for school districts.
In Darien I was a coach for youth basketball and baseball. I am currently a member of the Darien Board of Finance and in prior years was a member of the Board of Selectmen. My wife Joan is the Darien Town Treasurer. We have a son Robert who lives in Chicago.
