EDUCATION:      

• Mansfield University, B.S. and M.Ed.

• La Salle University, Ed.D.

• Pennsylvania State University, postgraduate study

• A.B.I., Allentown, PA, certificate in Business Management

• Davis-Sando Associates, certificate in Supervisory Training

 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• One of five elected members of the U.S. Chess Federation’s Scholastic Council

• One of seven elected members of the 85,000+ member U.S. Chess Federation’s Executive Board

• One of five members of the Executive Committee for the International Scholastic Chess Organization

• Liaison for several national chess committees:  College Chess, Chess in Education, Club Development, Women’s Chess, Metro Chess, Prison Chess

• Voting member of the U.S. Chess Federation for over fifteen years

• Delegate to the U.S. Chess Federation national conventions

• Started and directed the prison chess program at FCI McKean

• Senior level tournament director and organizer for numerous Grand Prix events

• Certified chess coach and trainer

• Pennsylvania Scholastic Chess Director from 1989-2000

• President of the Bradford Area Chess Booster Club

• BAEA (Bradford Area Education Association) Representative

• Moderator and planner for the School Board Director Candidate Forum

• Editor and contributor for several newsletters

• Chamber of Commerce Business Symposium Coordinator

• Lay Leader for Hill Memorial United Methodist Church

• Chairperson for a variety of church committees

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Gift of Time Tribute

• Who’s Who

• Outstanding Young Man in America

• Distinguished Volunteer Award from the U.S. Chess Federation

• Chess in Education Awards

• Governance Award

• Scholastic Service Award  

• Outstanding Career Achievement Award

• National Honor Society

• Leadership and Service Award

• Variety of trophies and plaques for chess achievements

• Dedicated Educator Award from EDCOT

PUBLICATIONS:

• The Comprehensive Guide to Free Enterprise in America

• The USA Junior Chess Olympics Training Program

• Teaching the Fourth ‘R’ (Reflective Reasoning) Through Chess

• Gifted Children and Legal Issues in Education:  Parents Stories of Hope

• Numerous articles in a variety of magazines and newsletters

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:

• National Education Association

• Pennsylvania Education Association

• Bradford Education Association

• PAGE (Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education)

• National Association for Gifted Children

• U.S. Chess Federation (Life Member)

• Pennsylvania State Chess Federation (Life Member)

• Association of Mathematics Teachers of Northwest Pennsylvania

GENERAL EXPERIENCES:

• Traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada

• Traveled through Holland, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Great Britain

• Coach for Olympics of the Mind, It’s Academic, ECO-Meet, Chess, Debate, and others

• Creative Writing Magazine Advisor

• Successfully written several grants

• Directed fund raising campaigns and obtained corporate sponsorship

• Presenter at state and national conferences

• Have studied French, German, and Russian.

• Achieved competency in French as measured by the MLA Foreign Language Proficiency Test

• Created and implemented the secondary gifted program for the Bradford Area Schools

• Designed and directed several research studies with gifted and regular education students

 SPECIAL SKILLS:

•  Personal computers, including learning information systems, e.g. Accelerated Reader, CompassLearning, etc.

• Solving problems

• Designing programs, workshops, seminars, and conferences

 PERSONAL:

• FAMILY:  Married for 32 years.  Two sons.

• BIRTHDATE:  January 3, 1946