OK, so you decided you wanted to learn more about me. I'm a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I was born and raised in the land of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Except for four years in the Air Force (I went to school for 26 weeks in Rantoul, IL then spent the remainder of my duty at Kinchelo AFB in the Michigan Upper Penninsula), I've lived in Lancaster city or in the northern suburbs all my life.

I graduated from McCaskey High School in Lancaster in 1964. Every five years I get involved in the reunion planning effort. Our 45th class reunion was held in October of 2009. Around my Air Force stint, I attended Millersville University (it was then known as Millersville State College) and graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics in December of 1972. Worked for four years as a computer operator then systems programmer at York Borg-Warner, now York International. In 1976 I took a programming position at R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Lancaster. I remained at Donnelley for 26 years -- all 26 years in various computer systems development positions, ending as the Manager for IT Architecture. I retired in May of 2002 then consulted for Donnelley for another 13 months.

Nancy and I had two great kids -- Nikole (born in 1972) and Noel (born in 1975). Nikki is now married, lives in Columbia, PA and has produced two beautiful children -- Elisabeth and Zachary Detz. Noel has lived in Denver, Colorado since 1998 where he became addicted to skiing, the beauty of the Rocky Mountains and the cosmopolitan life of Denver. He relocated to Portland, Oregon in the fall of 2006.