Age: >71

Occupation: >Economist (retired, more or less, anyway)

Education: >University of California-Berkeley (1967, Ph.D. in agricultural economics with specialization in natural resource economics); University of Arizona (1964, M.S. in agricultural economics); University of Wisconsin-Madison (1962, B.S. in agricultural economics)

Military Service: U.S. Marine Corps (1955-1958)>

Family: >Wife, Sherry; son, John, investor relations officer with a firm in the Twin Cities; daughter, Kara, registered nurse serving as a Captain, U.S. Army

Volunteer positions: >Member, board of directors, Turner Hall Committees: Smart Growth Committee, Monroe Township, Green County

Offices Held: >Former member, Monroe Board of Education; commissioner, Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission