Normal childhood in small Oklahoma town (great, giving parents), became an engineer, IBM, Military (USAF/ANG C-124 navigator), husband, grad school, industrial engineering professor at Lehigh University, management consultant, father of boys, wrote lots of books on information technology and management, retired, unretired, inventor and entrepreneur, to be continued. Active in Rotary. Like to play tennis, sing and play guitar/fiddle, ride bicycles and motorcycles, hike, and do anything that is fun.