I was born on January 31, 1959 in New Albany, Indiana. I went to New Albany High School where Edwin Hubble taught for a year. I graduated from Ball State University in 1981 with a BS degree in Industrial Technology Education. In 1980 I married my childhood sweetheart, Tammy O'Rear. We now have two great kids, Scott (11) and Kathryn (7) who we named for excellent students we both had. I began teaching Science in the late 90s and retired in 2018. I am currently in charge of teaching the middle school planetarium program and I hope to develop the planetarium to its fullest potential as a tool to teach about space.