1992 - Field Specialist/Crops for 7 counties in N. Iowa
1981-92  Floyd County Extension Agriculturalist/Director
1979-81 Instructor, Certificate Training Program, College of  Agriculture, Swaziland, Southern Africa
1973-79  Crop Science Instructor and Farm Management Coordinator,  Hawkeye Inst. of Technology, Waterloo, Iowa
1970-73  Vo. Ag. Instructor, Vinton, Iowa
1971 -  Owner/operator of crop/livestock farms in Benton or Floyd Counties.
1974-79  President, Cummins Farm Management ompany, Vinton, Iowa.
1967 -70 U. S. Army service as a Combat Engineer Officer
1964-67 Peace Corps Volunteer and ag. adviser to the Tanzania/PC Middle School Ag. Project in Tanzania, East Africa

Education:
1964 B.S. Agricultural Education , Iowa State University
1973 M.S. Agricultural Education , Iowa State University

Awards/Honors/Publications:
1994 NACAA Distinguished Service Award