BORN AND RAISED IN NORFOLK, VA. MARRIED 47 YEARS TO MARY ELIZABETH NEIN. CHILDREN, LAURA, CATHERINE, ROBERT. GRADUATED NORVIEW HIGH SCHOOL 1972, NORFOLK. WORKED IN FORESTRY 9 YEARS, OBTAINING A BS IN FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 76 FROM VA TECH IN BLACKSBURG, VA. WORKED 33 YEARS AS A CPA HAVING OBTAINED A POST-BACCALAURIATE CERTIFICATE, 86 FROM VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IN RICHMOND, VA. OBTAINED A MASTERS OF RELIGION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN WORKPLACE THEOLOGY, 2015 FROM GORDON-CONWELL SEMINARY IN BEVERLY, MA. NOW RETIRED.
