I was born in Worthington, Ohio - a small town founded in 1803, just north of the capital city of Columbus.  Worthington had a population of around 25,000 during my formative years and was soon encapsulated by Columbus.  My sister was born about 6 years after me and we were a pretty normal, two kid, two dog, Norman Rockwell family.

The elementary school was about two blocks east of me up a hill; the junior high (middle school) was across the street from our house and the high school was further west beyond the junior high.  Worthington was, and still is, a wonderful and beautiful place to live.

Following high school graduation, I matriculated at The Ohio State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.  While in college, I worked summers and whenever I could in architectural offices; two thirds of the way through college, I took a year off to to re-energize myself in the real world of architecture.  I also added one year by adding studies in non-required courses such as journalism, art, psychology and other courses in science.

During the my last year in the School of Architecture, the architectural firm (McDonald, Cassell & Bassett Architects) for which I worked summers & evenings, was finishing a four building community college.  After my graduation in 1967, I found myself in the position of field representative for the Architect.  On the site, I was introduced to major players at the college and soon found myself invited to join the Architectural Technology staff.  I did join and attained tenured status.  My teaching schedule was the morning and I continued with the architectural firm during afternoons.  Sometimes I worked for another firm (Eberts & Stoerkel Architects) in the evenings along with Lawrence & Snouffer Architects.

In 1969, I married Bonne Knepper.  The marriage ended in divorce five years later.  No kids.

I passed the state board exam three years after graduation and became Ohio Architect 4688.

I moved to San Diego in 1975 and gained my California Architectural License C8510 in 1976.  Working for Hope Consulting Group, I was intimately involved with the $750 million VOTRAKON (Vocational Training Construction) Project which included 21 Training Centers in 18 major cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  I was the Project Architect for student and instructor housing.  Another Architect handled the Cafeterias & Mosques.  I should mention that the Construction Documents were all done in the metric system.  Following construction documents completion for the first few sites, I lived and worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for 21 months doing Contract Administration.  I dealt with Saudi Arabian Ministries, a British Construction Manager and general contractors from Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Germany and America.

With the now retired firm of Liebhardt Weston & Associates, I had my first training in AutoCAD; 1987 was a momentous shift in my architectural orientation.

in 1992, I acquired Arizona Architectural License 26209.

I have worked for Martinez-Cutri Architects (established their AutoCAD department) and JCJ Architecture (Project Architect for Valley View Casino).

In 1994, I began consulting architectural CAD work in my own office (please view Recent Projects tab).

I am currently unmarried, have two cats, several computers and a house/office in the Clairemont area.

I love the practice of architecture and want to be active in the profession until someone must pry my mouse from my cold, dead hand!