Education

• Machinist Training (1977)
• B.A. at East Texas Baptist University (1984)
• Master of Divinity Southwestern Theological Seminary (1987)
• Certified Traumatologist Florida State University (1997)

Topics Taught

• Strain Gage Application
• Load Cell Calibration and Safety

Experience

• For 15 years I have assisted any Faculty and any student in Mechanical Engineering, equipment repair-modification-design/manufacturing and data acquisition.
• In that time, I have designed and built many Lab experiment machines and experiments. Several of these have not been found on the web.
• I was included as co-author of a paper under Dr. Kyun Lee showing how quality vibration lab equipment could be made on a budget, of which I designed and built.
• When students come for help it is my goal to not give students answers but encourage their critical thinking to find the answer.
• My major experience with Engineering before LeTourneau was as a trained Machinist and a certified structural welder. I worked for a Manufacturing Prototyping Engineer in Ft. Smith Arkansas where the engineer increased my responsibility in being part of the engineering team.

Church Involvement

• At 17 I was chairperson and drive of the Bus Ministry
• Sunday School teacher (first time at 17 yrs. old)
• At 18 I was asked to consider being a Deacon of a 400-member church
• Preached first official time at 18 yrs. old.
• Youth Director
• Camp Pastor
• Pastor
• Music leader
• Missionary/ associate Pastor
• Hospital Chaplain, Organized the Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center Chaplaincy and oversaw End of Life Issues, was Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Chaplain of the year in 1987
• Supply Preach
• Organizer of a Community Ministerial alliance.

Background

I met my wife at East Texas Baptist University and have been married for 38 years. We have four married children, 3 grandsons with a fourth grandchild on the way. I am so honored to be married to Laurie. She has encouraged and helped me in all that God has lead us in. I would not be where I am if it were not for God and my wife.

 I have been a machinist in oil field equipment, prototype manufacturing equipment to military jet aircraft parts, pastored three full time churches, was Chaplain of a hospital for 6 years, and an armed security guard for 5 years. God has strengthened me in all these endeavors.