Date/Place of Birth:
October 1, 1945
Oxnard, California

Residency in Alaska:
Seward: 1975 - 1982
Anchor Point: 1983 - 1992
Kachemak City: 1993 - present

Occupation:
Business Owner
Commercial Fisherman

Family:
Wife - Tina
Children:
   - Tawny, Business Owner in Colorado
   - Rand, Student, Fish Tender Captain

Education:
Hueneme High School, Oxnard CA: Graduated 1963
Ventura College: Graduated AA 1963-65
University of California, Santa Barbara CA: 1965-66
University of Alaska, Fairbanks:
   - B.S. Biology, 1966 - 1968
   - Master of Arts in Teaching the Biological Sciences, 1968 - 1969
San Diego State College: 1971 - 1972
   - M.S. Marine Zoology.
University of California, Santa Barbara CA: 1974 - 1976
   - studies on crustacean population ecology

Alaska State House of Representatives:
2003 - present
Chair, State Affairs Committee: 2005 - present
Chair, Special Committee on Fisheries:
     2003 - 2004
Vice-Chair, Special Committee on Education:
     2003 - 2004
Vice-Chair, Health, Education & Social Services Committee:
     2003 - present
Vice-Chair, Resources Committee: 2005 - present
Salmon Industry Task Force Joint Committee:
     2004
State Affairs Committee: 2003 - 2004
Ways & Means Committee: 2005 - present
Finance Subcommittees:
   - Education & Early Development: 2005 - present
   - Environmental Conservation: 2005 - present
   - Fish & Game: 2003 - present
   - Revenue: 2003 - 2004
   - Transportation & Public Facilities: 2003 - present

Other Political and Government Positions:
Community Rivers Planning Coalition, Anchor Point
Delegate to State Republican Convention, 2002
Former Member, National Education Association
Former Member, Seward Fish & Game Advisory
     Committee
Former Member, Seward Harbor Commission
Former Member, City of Homer 2000 Fisheries
     Task Force.

Business and Professional Positions:
Business Owner: K-N-S Marine, fish tender business
     operating 4 vessels contracting with
     a variety of fish processors.
Commercial Fisherman:
   - Cook Inlet Salmon Drift Gillnet for 19 years,
     1966 - 1985
   - Halibut, 1974 - present
   - Tanner Crab Cook Inlet, (when it reopens)
   - Pacific cod with pots, 1992 - 2001
Cook Inlet Keeper
Homer Chamber of Commerce
Founding Board Member, Alaska Marine Conservation Council
Former Member, West Coast Advisory Panel for the
   National Academy of Sciences
Former Member, National Research Council
   Committee on Individual Fishing Quotas
Former Member, North Pacific Fisheries Council
   Committee on 'Harvest Priority' and
   'Full Retention and Full Utilization'
Former Member, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association
North Pacific Fisheries Association

Service Organizations and Community Involvement:
Pratt Museum
Homer Foundation
KBBI Public Radio
Kachemak Bay Conservation Society
Kachemak Bay National Research Reserve Community Council
Kachemak Bay Rotary Club
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
Alaska Marine Conservation Council
National Rifle Association

Special Interests:
Reading, Talking Politics, Hunting, Fishing, Lapidary.

biography last updated 3/23/2006

Chair:
Special Committee on Fisheries

Vice-Chair:
Special Committee on Education

Member:
Health, Education, & Social Services Committee
Salmon Industry Task Force Joint Committee
State Affairs Committee

Finance Subcommittees:
Fish & Game
Revenue
Transportation & Public Facilities