Profession:

• Land Surveyor

Education: 

• Newton-Conover High School Graduate and attended Catawba Valley Community College.  He served six years in the United States Army Reserves.

Elected to Council: 

• Council Member - 10 years; Mayor Pro Tem -
  2 years; Mayor - 4 years; elected again to Council in 2007; term ends 2011.

Community/Government Involvement and Organizations:

• Member of Newton Kiwanis Club

• Member of Newton Depot Authority

• Retired Volunteer Firefighter (25 years of service)

• Served on the Host Town Committee for the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games 

• Member of Grace Reformed United Church of Christ

• Member of Newton Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee