Mike Sims

I was born in Oregon, but the family moved to California when I was four years old. We settled in Santa Barbara, and I spent most of my elementary school years there with interludes in Los Angeles while my father finished his Master’s degree at USC and Mariposa where...

Greg Horne

I was born in 1952 in the small market town of Royston, England, close to Cambridge, where my father was a research fellow.  He was a Yorkshireman, the son of a Congregational minister and a schoolteacher.  My mother also came from a family of schoolteachers and...

Hal Thilmony

EARLY YEARS: Born in Bremerton, WA.  Spent childhood in several locations and schools across both western and eastern Washington. MILITARY: In 1967, after two years of community college, enlisted in the Army.  Served 10 months stateside and two years in Germany....

Wayne Stip

I was born on August 17, 1943 in the small community of Artesia, California. I was raised on a dairy farm that belonged to my uncle and for many years my father was a milker for him. I had six sisters and one brother; we lived in a small three-bedroom house with one...

Roger Smith

I was born in Portsmouth England in 1945. After school I joined British Telecoms as a Telecoms trainee/Engineer. At 21 years of age I left and joined GEC Telecoms in Coventry England. I became a Microwave Engineer. They had a large contract in Nigeria Western Africa...

Duane Garrett

I was born July 29, 1954 in Fresno, CA. In 1972 I graduated from Fresno High School and in 1974 joined the Fresno Police Department as a Cadet. In 1975 I was sent to the Police Academy and after graduation I was promoted to Police Officer. I worked the midnight shift...