I left Jesse H. Jones and went immediately into the drafting business with Southwest Pipe. Today, 40 years later, I am still in the same business although I have changed employers many times and now produce my drawings via computer as opposed to the old pencil and triangle method. I am not sure if learning all these new computer programs is keeping me young or whether they will be the death of me! Business has been up and down over the years - the chemical and oil businesses tend to have their good and bad times. When it's good it's generally very, very good for me and when it's bad I just have to tighten my belt and ride it out.

I have been married a couple of times, single for a couple of decades and then six years ago remarried for the third time. This one is a keeper! I spent the first 30 odd years after graduation mainly working and continuing my education. The past 7 years, since meeting my current wife, I have been having some fun too. My wife is from New Zealand and has traveled around the world and has gotten me to take several vacations both within the U.S. and overseas. Prior to this I hadn't taken a vacation in 30 years.

As in my school days, I still have a deep love of cars and have gone through many corvettes over the years. I have just sold my classic 1960 'vette that I spent over six years restoring and have the new 2001 "bad" ZR6. I also love riding my Harley.

My first marriage produced two children both in their thirties now. My daughter has given me two grand children - a granddaughter aged 11 and a grandson aged 6. My son has just recently married and no offspring as of yet.

My wife and I have purchased some land in the Texas Hill country and hope to build there within the next year and then retire within the next five years. Upon retirement we are planning on spending several months of the year traveling the U.S. in our RV.