Age: 79
Occupation: Retired.
Hobbies: First 60 years: backpacking, fly fishing, camping, writing, upland game hunting, photography. Subsequent 20 years: reading, writing, dreaming of days gone by. Also had a book published in 1974: "Packbacking," a basic guide to camping and backpacking.
Bee reader since: 1958.
How many letters: 106. First was in 1962 regarding impolite campers; also eight Valley Voices columns.
Favorite topics: Current events, politics, public needs.
Why do you write? Most likely to satisfy my own ego.
Education: Graduated in 1953 from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, with a degree in biology.
Family: Wife, Barbara, 33 years; a mixed family total of seven children -- four ladies, three gentlemen.
Political philosophy: Reflective skepticism. (Much too often, results do not match campaign promises.)
-- Compiled by Pam Rowse
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