about my background and bit of my personal biography. They are being directed here from
my article about running for a third term in my current position as 1st Vice President
of the Pyrotechnics Guild International Board of Directors.
PGI Involvement:
I have been an active member of the
PGI for twenty three (23) years.
During the past ten (10) years, I
have held a position on the safety team, running the B-Line, as B-Line Boss and now assisting new B-line Boss.
Held office on the PGI Board of Directors as 1st Vice-President for three and half (3.5) years
Held office on the PGI Board of Directors as 1st Vice-President for three and half (3.5) years
Contributing author for PGI Display
Operators manual
Certified PGI Display Operator and
Certified Operator Trainer
Helped for many years on the Display
Operators course at PGI conventions
Presented seminars on Pyrotechnic
Chemistry at the conventions for over ten(10) years
Professional
and Personal Information:
Work- Purdue University past twenty five (25) years as a Chemist in the Chemistry Department
Presented workshops to college and
high school teachers on using pyrotechnics to teach chemistry in various
locations of the United States and Canada
Lead Operator for Ramsey Pyrotechnics
for past twenty-one (21) years
Hold a Type 20- Manufacturing License
I am 60 years old and married thirty seven (37) years to my
best friend Lana Smith
Two grown children and two grandchildren
Home Town, Mulberry, Indiana
Former Town council
president ten (10) years Mulberry, Indiana
Deacon at local church for thirty (30) years
