I was born and raised in Sanford, ME. I graduated from Sanford High School in 1950. After high school, I attended the University of Maine, majoring in Wildlife Conservation. From 1951 to 1955, I served in the U.S. Air Force as a Radio Maintenance Technician. Upon discharge in 1955, I enrolled at the University of New Hampshire in the Electrical Engineering Program. I graduated in 1959 with a BSEE. Upon graduation, I went to work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and retired in 1986 after working 27 years as an Electronics Engineer in the Combat Systems Office. During the last 15 years of my career, I served as a Weapons Systems Manager on Submarines, managing some of the most complex Weapon Systems in the world. In 1987, I moved, with my wife, Rhea, to a 200+ year old farmhouse in Acton on the Milton Mills Road, next to the Acton Elemtary School. In 1989, I was elected as Selectman/Assessor for the Town of Acton, where I completed three 3-year terms. In my tenure as Selectman/Assessor, I became a Certified Maine Assessor in 1993 and have written many of the Town of Acton policies, procedures and ordinances. I have served on many of the town committees and was the E911 Coordinator for the Town of Acton from 1998 to 2005. From 1998 to 2001, I served as EMA Director for the Town of Acton. I have been the Secretary of the State Federation of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association since 2003. In January of 2008, I was elected to a six month term of the Town of Acton's Board of Selectmen to finish out the term of another selectman, who had resigned.

I was appointed by the Governor to the Inland Fisheries&Wildlife Advisory Council in 1996 and served two 3-year terms. I was president of Southern Maine Home Inspection Services, Inc. from 1988 to 1998. I have a wealth of experience with over thirty years of working with various fish and game clubs and 65 years as an angler and hunter. I am a past president of the Sanford/Springvale Fish & Game club and the Associated Sportsmen’s Club of York County. I am also on the Board of Directors of the Saco River Salmon Club and the Three Rivers Land Trust.