Born and raised in a small Midwestern city, I honed my passion for football during high school and college. Armed with a B.A. in Mathematics, I delved into academia at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Teaching math, physics, and chemistry at a community college fueled my intellectual fire.
The digital age beckoned, and I ventured into the computer industry, managing mainframes in California. Returning to Nebraska, I co-founded a software development company, riding the wave of personal computers. Life wove love and loss—32 years of marriage, raising two sons, and enduring the pain of losing my wife to breast cancer. Now, in semi-retirement,