Born June 12, 1922, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Early education in Albuquerque Public Schools, with H.S. activities including yearbook photographer and band drum major. Graduated in 1939.

Attended the Western School for Private Secretaries graduating with skills in bookkeeping and stenography. Took Civil Service Examination and accepted job offer in Washington, D.C. in the War Plans Division, Office of the Chief Signal Officer, War Department. Employed there until after the outbreak of war on December 7, 1941, when I enlisted in the US Army Signal Corps.

After induction at Ft Bliss, TX, Basic Training at Sea Girt, NJ, Radio School at Ft Monmouth, NJ; then Officer Candidate School at Ft Monmouth, graduating in June, 1943. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Sig C, on June 23, 1943. Took Officers Training at Asbury Park, NJ, and was then assigned to the 3104th Signal Service Battalion which was just forming at Ft Monmouth for overseas shipment to the European Theater.

Assigned as Supply, Mess, and Motor Officer of Company B of the 3104th Sig Serv Bn and continued in that assignment throughout the remainder of the war. The unit landed in Normandy on Omaha Beach with 12th Army Group, moved to Paris and operated the Paris Signal Center in addition to other assignments all over France. (Note: One entire section of this web site is devoted to the 3104th Signal Service Battalion.)

Upon returning to the states in 1945, I was ordered to duty with the War Plans Division, Office of the Chief Signal Officer, US Army, in Washington, DC, the same office where I had served as a civilian before the war. When the number of "points" required for separation made me eligible, I returned to Albuquerque and for the next several years worked as a management understudy for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company. During this time I attended the University of New Mexico, was elected president of my fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, and majored in Business Administration - Accounting. I received a B.B.A. degree in 1950.

I met my future wife, Julia Anne Rodgers, an Alpha Chi Omega, during my years at UNM and we were married on March 31, 1950. We bought a home in Albuquerque and in due course had three boys, Geoffrey Hilton, Frank Thomas, and Kevin Eugene all of whom are now married and have children of their own. They have given us six great grandchildren.

In the fall of 1950 I was employed by Sandia National Laboratories (then called Sandia Corporation) as an accountant and then was transferred to the Business Methods organization where I led the team which installed an IBM 705 large scale computer, the first application of a large scale computer to business operations in the western US. In due course I became Manager of the Department and remained in that position until leaving Sandia in 1963. During this time computer was upgraded to an IBM 7090 and then an IBM 7094.

During this time I joined the New Mexico National Guard and served on the staff of the Adjutant General of New Mexico as Signal Officer for several years. I then transferred to the US Army Reserve as a Captain and was assigned to the Selective Service System.

I also continued my studies at the University of New Mexico and in 1960 received an M.B.A. from what has since become the Robert O Anderson School for Graduate School of Management. My master’s thesis was published in serial form by the New Mexico Historical Society.

In 1963 I resigned from Sandia Laboratories to attend Seabury Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL, to study for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church. My wife, Judy, was employed by Rand McNally Publishing Company as a history editor and supported the family during these years.

In 1966 I was awarded the degree of M.Div. from the seminary and was ordained to the Diaconate at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in Albuquerque that summer, moving to Midland, Texas, to serve as Curate at St. Nicolas’ Episcopal Church. I was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood in December of 1966 and continued serving at St. Nicolas as well as St. John’s, Lamesa, until 1968 when I accepted a call as Rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in El Paso, TX.

Moving to El Paso, we lived in the Parish Rectory directly across the street from the church. For the next 16 Years I served as Rector of St. Alban‘s, I was elected Diocesan Delegate to General Convention twice, delegate to Synod twice, and served on the Diocesan Standing Committee for about 8 years. Local work included the establishment of a security service for elderly persons living alone, established a half-way house for runaways, young people on drugs, and people in distress.

During all these years I maintained my Army Reserve service, doing regular tours of duty in Washington, D.C., in the Office of the Director of Selective Service where I made the study which culminated in the conversion of the Selective Service System to a fully automated computer operation. I retired from the US Army Reserve in 1975 in the grade of Colonel.

In 1984 I retired from the active ministry and after passing the necessary examinations became a stockbroker and a Registered Investment Advisor. My wife and I spent the next few years traveling in the United States and Europe and in 1993 moved back to Albuquerque to live out our days.

Our three boys are grown and have families of their own and although scattered all across North America, they have been loving and thoughtful and helpful in every way.

The Lord has blessed us richly with love beyond knowing for 52 years of marriage, and in December of 1996 we began our last and most challenging career move. Judy has suffered from breast cancer, two broken hips, cancer of the bone marrow, and a meningioma at the base of the brain, undergoing chemotherapy, surgery, rehab, and much pain. She is doing well and I am now privileged to be her caretaker. We are much blessed and our thanksgiving for a full and joyful life knows no bounds.