Born in Washington DC area of Swiss, Native American and British heritage.
Mother happy, self reliant, raised three sons and a daughter.
Father Penn State Electrical Engineer, Officer with Department of Navy Marshall Program after duty in Normandy, Okinawa and Korea, handy carpenter, built 3 homes, boat, retired early from ITE.
Learned bike, chess and pinochle, entered scouting in New Jersey, National Jamboree at Valley Forge.
Moved to Motown Detroit area in public elementary school, met Congressman, Judge, Councilmember.
Worked during school as paper boy, caddie, lifeguard, water safety & children's swim instructor, drugstore delivery driver.
Major workroom in junior high, Blue Ribbon for Solar Energy Science Fair Project, Burroughs Scholar, marching band sax, playwright & director, WOAK FM radio weekly news anchor.
Public high school National Honor Society Treasurer, National Merit Finalist, Honors English and Mathematics, Triple Varsity Swimmer, Cross Country, Drama, Football, Hootenanny guitar, Spanish, Naiad show, Can we be equal and excellent too?
Amherst College Bachelors in Psychology, Independent Honors study in Biology and Philosophy of Mind and Science, Varsity Swimmer, A Association Sportsmanship Award, Memorial Fellowship, successful congressional campaign: Movement for a New Congress, Drug Committee, Human Sexuality Program Counselor, Masquers, Dance Movement.
Worked in college food service, taught guitar, worked summers at Troy Plastics assembly line, Lexington summer day camp, Cambridge Design Research Plexiglas products, Heart Disease Research at Paine Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York Hospital.
California State University at San Francisco Master of Science: worked at Library, Research on Psychological Aspects of Heart Disease, Statistics Teaching Assistant, work study program, intern with Multi Culture Institute and Jefferson School District, Esalen and Wright Institute GREX Tavistock Conferences. Lifetime Community College Teaching Credential.
Started, funded and managed Aquarius House Inc: emergency housing and crisis intervention for 15 young adults a night up to 30 days, with American Youth Hostel, Churches, Haight Ashbury Switchboard, Huckleberry House, Langley Porter, Travelers Aid, UC Medical Center, Walden House and $20,000 grant from Rosenberg Foundation, many volunteers and donations, ADD+: Aquarius Drug Diversion project.
Psychological Services: consulted with Boys Ranches, Community Mental Health Centers, Hospitals, Juvenile Hall, Non Profits, Probation Department, Staffing, Unwed Mothers, American Psychological Association Convention.
Drug Diversion Coordinator, City County San Francisco, Sunset Mental Health, Court liason.
Pre med student, Cybernetics, work study financial aids office, computer research assistant for TV course on the Ascent of Man at City College of San Francisco.
Biochemistry, Genetics and Neurology at the University of San Francisco.
Elected Director, Neighborhood Association, served two terms.
Math tutor, Bayview Hunters Point, Alpha Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter California College Honor Society Treasurer, President and delegate to State Education Convention.
Joined Merrill Lynch near beginning of bull market, in San Francisco, Palo Alto and San Mateo over ten year period, as Account Executive, Financial Consultant, Funds Manager, Small Business Consultant, Xerox Sales Course, Donald T Regan School of Advanced Financial Management: Applied Economics, Marketing, Taxes, licensed in Derivatives, Insurance, Real Estate and Securities, Award for second largest retirement account, Stanford accounts.
Stanford Academic Senate appointments as preceptor for: Options & Other Beasts, Investment, Financial Planning courses.
Taught College of Notre Dame course: Mind, Money, Market.
Golden Gate University Graduate School of Business: Accounting lectures.
DeAnza, Can~ada, Foothill lectures and panel on Finance.
White House Fellows application, invitation to Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
Trustee, Executor, Hamilton Estate, Educational Foundation.
Arbitration, Expert witness, experience with Family Court, Small Claims, Municipal and Superior Courts.
Toastmasters International: SRI Organon Club Treasurer, President, 3 times Toastmaster of the Year, Area Governor, Division Governor, Speakers Bureau, Speechcraft at Hillcrest Tower Road Youth Facility, clubs at Bogie, Dalmo Victor, Fluor, Lyons, Sunset Magazine, Xerox, earned Distinguished Toastmaster credential, awarded to fewer than 1%, Redwood City Peninsula Celebration Fourth of July Parade Announcer.
Founder & CEO: Stanford Capital, small business development and finance, White House Conference on Small Business.
Murray Rothbard Seminar on History of Economics, Austrian Credit Tax cycle seminar.
Oxford University Sabbatical, Templeton College of Management Studies, German, Oxford Computing Teaching Centre, Arthur Andersen IBM Oxford Entrepreneurs Award, All Souls College Strategic Seminar, St Catherine's College Seminar on Eastern Europe, Exeter College production of The Tower, Jan Hus play based on writings of Vaclav Havel, Magdalen College, Arthur Andersen, IBM Oxford Enterprise Award, Language for Leaders, Czechoslovakia Development Trust.
President and Chairman, St Matthews Mens League, Samaritan House, Peninsula Professional Network, Turning Point Shelter Network, Bridges, Foodbank.
