Education: Graduate of Elizabethtown Area School District; International Correspondence School for Drafting and Surveying; ongoing training on: firearms and use of deadly force; PA Wildlife Code and rules of criminal and legal procedures; cartography and GIS (Geographic Information Systems): and Maintenance Management (Clemson University)
Organizations: Active member at Christ Lutheran Church in Elizabethtown; Life Member-Friendship Fire & Hose Co. No. 1, Life Member-International Supreme Council Order of Demolay; Member of the Conewago Rod & Gun Club; Past Member of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping; Member Abraham C. Treichler Masonic Lodge No. 682; Member Lancaster Lodge of Perfection; Member Harrisburg Scottish Rite; Member Zembo Shriners; Member Corinthian Royal Arch; Member Goodwin Council Royal & Select Master Masons; Member Cyrene Knights Templar. Board member - Northwest Emergency Medical Services & Children's Playroom of Lancaster County.
Awards: 1969-Outstanding New Jaycee (E-town Jaycees); 1970-Jaycee Presidential Award (E-town Jaycees); 1977-Life Membership-Elizabethtown Fire Co.; 1979-Father of the Year Award (E-town Jayceettes); 1982-Presidential Award (E-town Fire Co.); 1986- Presidential Award (E-town Fire Co.); 1986 Loyal Order of the Moose-Outstanding Citizen of the Year; 1990-Firemen of the Year (E-town Fire Co.); 1991-Wildlife Conservation Award (PA Game Commission); 1991- Big "E" Booster Club Annual Award; 2000-Vincent W. O'Connor Public Service Award (Elizabethtown Borough)