Husband, father, grandfather, U.S. Army veteran (vietnam),   Retired contractor, 22yr residents of southern California,12 of those years in San Clemente. Long time environmental activists working on water rights for people opposed to corporate water rights, and anti-nuclear activist from the beginning. Founder of Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE) 1985 working to stop the incineration of PCBs and other waste chemicals.