What did you want to be when you grew up? For years, I planned to be a lawyer. My parents always said I could argue my way out of anything!! First job? I bagged groceries at Paulus’s in Cedarburg. My first day on the job, I dropped a box of ketchup and the manager said that I was “broken in”. Most interesting job? I spent two years as a Russian linguist in Italy listening to flights over what was then Yugoslavia. Main accomplishment? Jan and raised two great sons. Everything us is secondary. Career mentor? Very early in my social work career, I worked for a man named Al Kasprowicz, the director of St. Aemilian’s in Milwaukee. He taught me that whoever has the most options in a situation will prevail, and Al could be very effective in creating options. As a therapist, my job was simply to offer painfully stuck people and families new options in their life. Hobbies, interests? Where do I start … Jan and I have traveled to about 60 countries and spent around five years outside the US. I am very active in the community and was the MT Chamber’s Citizen of the Year in 2006. I enjoy golf, photography, music and life. Most memorable Rotary moment? In 2006, I was called up to the mike at the Changing of the Guard to receive my first Paul Harris award. It was completely unexpected and I was speechless. Favorite Quotes? “If you talk to other people the way you talk to yourself, you won’t have many friends.” (I don’t know where I learned this) “I never give them hell. I just tell them the truth, and they think it’s hell.” Harry Truman (“Give ‘em Hell Harry”) |
