This is a quick summary of my education. My early education was in the Ozark City School System where I was graduated from Carroll High School in 1958. I then attended Auburn University off and on and finally received my B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1968. I attended school at several universities at night while working on the job and received my M. S. degree from Purdue University in 1975.

After that I quit school and turned my efforts to family and work. I have been accused of having too many hobbies. A number of them I have pursued more or less diligently over the years.

My father and grandfather took me fishing and hunting from my earliest years. I remember the first fish that I ever caught. My grandpa Smith took me to seven-mile creek and I fished off the bridge. I caught a small three finger blue gill but it sat me on fire for fishing and that desire has not diminished till this day. I do not go fishing nearly as much as I would like but then I only have myself to blame for that. In the fall I also try to go hunting some but not nearly so much as I go fishing.

Another hobby is Amateur Radio. I have been interested in electronics and radio since I was very small. It all started with a small battery powered Philco radio that my dad kept on a table by his bed. I have spent many pleasant hours listening to that little radio. Those sounds and voices from far away coming right into our house seemed like magic to me. The batteries for it also fascinated my. When a battery pack went dead and had to be replaced, I would take the old one out in the back yard and disassemble it with the help of a hammer and axe. I could not figure out how those strange cells in there could make the radio work but I was determined some time to find out. I met a friend in high school when I was a sophomore named Rex Bagwell and he had gotten his ham radio novice license. The more he talked the more I wanted to get my license. Receiving signals, magic as that was, could not compare to sitting in your own home and actually talking back to them. Well, as teen-agers are wont to do, I let my interest stray to other things but I never completely forgot about ham radio. One day I read an article in a magazine about CB radio. For a while I seriously thought about pursuing getting a CB license. Yes, they did require a license at that time.