Graduated  from Southeast Guilford High School, Greensboro, North Carolina in 1965. I majored in getting out of high school.

After high school I worked for a short time and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in the field of communications.

During my 4 year tour, I took advantage of the opportunity to move into a new field called "computers".

While combining working multiple jobs, raising a family, and going to school nights and weekends, I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration and Economics in 1981. Besides UNCG, I also attended Florida Junior College and Memphis State University.

After reconsidering my pledge to "never go to night school again", I graduated from the University of Dallas in 1986 with an M.B.A. Information Systems Management graduate degree.

Life is a series of educational opportunities. Sometimes we have to sit in a classroom, but there are also many lessons to be learned via experience. It is that combination of formal education and life's lessons that have positioned me to qualify to be your mayor. Thank you for that opportunity, and I hope that you will again trust me with your vote to serve a second term. I will not let you down.