- Born March 29, 1941
- Married: Wife Linda, four children and two grandchildren
- Retired Physician
- Christian
- BS, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- M.D., The University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, 1964
- Surgical intern, the City of Memphis, Tn. Hospitals, one year
- Anatomic and clinical pathology resident, The University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, four years
- United States Public Health Service
- Senate member of the 104th and 105th General Assemblies
- Chair, Senate Calendar Committee
- Secretary, Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee
- Member, Senate Environment, Conservation and Tourism Committee
- Member, Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee
- Deacon, Sunday School Teacher and Jail Minister,
Restoration International Outreach, Maryville
- Board member, Blount Nurses for Health Education, Inc., Maryville, TN
- Organizer and Past President, Blount County Right to Life
- National Rifle Association - NRA Rating "A"
- Blount County Farm Bureau
- Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Blount County Republican Women's Club
- College of American Pathologists (Emeritus Fellow)
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists (Emeritus Fellow)
- Blount County Right to Life/Tennessee Right to Life
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