Present – Retired
1988
– 2000 – Missouri State Employment Service as Disabled Veterans Outreach
Program Specialist (DVOP), out stationed at Harry S. Truman, Veterans
Administration Hospital, Department of Mental Health, Columbia, MO.
Duties included working within the medical/mental health team in placing
Veterans into work environment, consistent with physical/mentally
impairments.
1979
– 1988 – Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Fund sales in Jacksonville,
Florida and Columbus, Georgia.
1959
– 1979 – United State Army – Infantry, Artillery and Administration with
the last nine (9) years as a Recruiter/Career Counselor.
AWARDS,
DECORATIONS
Chapel of the Four Chaplains – Legion of Honor – two (2) times
Missouri Lifetime Teaching Certificate – High School Social Studies
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Army
Commendation Medal
Good
Conduct Medal (6 awards)
Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea)
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm 2nd Award
Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation
Army
of Occupation Medal (Berlin)
National Defense Service Medal
Parachutist Badge
Expert Rifle (M-16)
Overseas Service Bars (2)
PUBLIC
SERVICE
Treasurer – American – Korean Committee to Munsan Orphanage, Munsan,
Korea
Founding member of Welcome Home, Inc., the only Homeless Veterans
Program in Missouri, Columbia, MO
President Missouri State Council Vietnam Veterans of America – nine (9)
years
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc - Chair, Employment, Training &
Business Opportunity Committee
Vice-chair, Government Affairs Committee
Member – Agent Orange Committee
Member – National Task Force for Veterans Entrepreneurship
Member – National Task Force for Veterans Preference
Life
Member – Vietnam Veterans of America
Life
Member – Veterans of Foreign Wars
Life
Member – The Retired Enlisted Association
Life
Member – 101st Airborne Association
Member – American Legion – 17 Years
Member – 40/8 – 16 years
Founding member, New Horizons United Methodist Church, Columbia, MO
(past Chair – Pastor/Parrish/Staff and Finance Committees)
