Born Athens, May 25, 1953. Graduate Athens H.S.; bricklayer apprenticeship graduate, Northcentral Technical College 1980. Full-time legislator and journeyman bricklayer. Member: Bricklayers Intl. Union; Marathon Co. Democratic Party; National Rifle Association; Friends of Rib Mountain; Rib Mountain Bowmen Archery Club. Former member: Central Wisconsin Building Trades (pres.); Boy Scouts of America (assistant Cub master); AFL-CIO Conservation Committee (secy./treas.); Bricklayers Joint Apprenticeship Committee.