Raised in the Houston / Pasadena /Deer Park area of Texas. Worked construction trades in boilermaker and carpentry trades before entering commercial marine work in 1986. Held a USCG Masters license until retirement in 2016 after 30 years piloting supply ships in the oil and gas industry of the Gulf of Mexico.
Married Talitha Jan Nash in 1974.

Raised in the Houston / Pasadena /Deer Park area of Texas. Worked construction trades in boilermaker and carpentry trades before entering commercial marine work in 1986. Held a USCG Masters license until retirement in 2016 after 30 years piloting supply ships in the oil and gas industry of the Gulf of Mexico.
Married Talitha Jan Nash in 1974.