| MY EDUCATION |
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Edgefield Elementary - Canton, OH Taft Junior High School - Canton, OH Glenwood High School - Canton, OH (Graduation - 1970) |
| Mount Union College - Alliance, Ohio BA, American Studies, 1974 |
| I was captain and MVP of my high school football team under Coach Jim Reichenbach as Glenwood. I was the captain of the track team under Coach Dave Holt. |
| I was a four-year varsity football letterman at Mount Union College. My teammates included Dom Capers, head coach of the Houston Texans, and Larry Kehres, head coach of the Mount Union College Football Team and chairman of the Jakmides for Prosecutor Committee. Our coach was Ken Wable. |
| Kent State University - Kent Ohio. MA, Corrections, 1977 |
| My master's degree internship was at the Community Treatment and Corrections Center in Canton, Ohio. My thesis title was "Community Treatment of Adult Offenders: Funding, Management and Evaluation." |
| The University of Akron School of Law Akron, Ohio - Juris Doctor 1981 |
| In my junior year, I received the highest grade in Criminal Law at the University of Akron School of Law. |