Date and Place of Birth:
April 9, 1948
Havre, Montana

Occupation:
Writer and Contractor

Spouse:
Marylou

Residency in Alaska:
1961-present

Education:
High School - Juneau Douglas High School 1962-66
College/University - St. Olaf College, 1966-68; University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1972-74

Military Service:
U.S. Army, 1969-71, Vietnam service, Honorable Discharge

Political and Government Positions:
State Senate 1999-Present;
House of Representatives, 1995-98;
Member, Labor & Commerce Committee, Special Committee on Fisheries, Community & Regional Affairs Committee;
Executive Director, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute;
Juneau Borough Assembly Member, 1989-1994;
Assistant State Ombudsman;
Staff, Legislative Ethics Committee;
Director of Policy for Lieutenant Governor Terry Miller;
Member, State Board of Education's Task Force on School Funding

Business and Professional Positions:
Editor, Juneau Empire, 1976-78;
Newspaper Reporter/Editor for Anchorage Times and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner;
Commercial Fishing (troller);
Member, Alaska State Salary Commission