Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 56
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 1/31/1940
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 12/20/2017
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Marital Information:
married Carol about 1969; children: Kristina, Katie, Jeff and Greg
Number of Children: 4
Background
Religion: Methodist
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Occupation: teacher, coach, computer software sales, businessman
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
attended Trenton High School;
BA in history, University of Michigan, 1962
Biographical Sketch:
Began his coaching career in 1963 at Eastern Michigan University as an ends coach. In 1964, he became the athletic director at Michigan Technological University. He was an assistant football coach at University of Michigan from 1965-73; head coach of the Eastern Michigan University Eagles [then the Hurons] football team, 1974-75. He served as mayor of Trenton, 1983-89, Trenton School Board of Education, 1976-83. He also served as City Administrator of Southgate and had various positions in the municipal government of Flat Rock, such as city administrator, city clerk and economic development director. He served on the board of directors of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.
Notable Facts:
Captain of the University of Michigan football team 1961. Signed with the St. Louis Cardinals to play professional football in 1962 but never played professionally.
He had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and melanoma.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Veterans' Affairs
City of Residence: Trenton
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Townships of Huron, Brownstown and Grosses Ill, cities of Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Rockwood, Trenton, Woodhaven and part of Taylor [see map in Manual p.243] in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office: See Notes
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Elected to the state Senate in 2002
Committees Served On: Conservation and Outdoor Recreation , Economic Development , Veterans' Affairs
City of Residence: Trenton
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Townships of Huron, Brownstown and Grosses Ile, cities of Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Rockwood, Trenton, Woodhaven and part of Taylor [see map in Manual p.248] in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Commerce , Conservation, Environment and Recreation, Corrections , Local Government, Public Retirement, Transportation
City of Residence: Trenton
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Townships of Huron, Brownstown and Grosses Ile, cities of Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Rockwood, Trenton, Woodhaven and part of Taylor [see map in Manual p.250] in Wayne County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Capitol2001 p.46; Wikipedia
