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I am a Mechanical Engineer, but at age 74, I have been retired for 9 years. During my working career, I worked on the development (but not production) of various space propulsion systems. These included Saturn, Juno, Jupiter, and the Space Shuttle system. I have also worked on Skylab (the first American space workship) and, after retirement from NASA, I worked on Spacelab, the second American space workshop. I have been married to the same woman since 1947. We produced one son and two daughters and they have provided us with three grandsons (ages 20 to 30 years), five granddaughters (ages 5 to 17 years), and one great-granddaughter. I am pretty much
middle class as relates to income, home, etc. My practices are not
middle class because I do not use drugs, alcohol, nor tobacco, and I try
to worship my God very often and pray all the time. I also read my
Bible all of the time and complete a trip through it about once a year.
I do not believe any human being or any book written by any man can compare
with the Bible as
My town, Huntsville,
is located in the north central part of Alabama and is the county seat
of Madison county. It was established in 1805, was used to write
the first constitution for the state of Alabama in 1812, and served as
the state capital at that time. Huntsville is a very modern town
now with a population of about 170,000, but when I came here in 1951 there
were only 16,000 people here. It was a sleepy little agricultural
town known for its water cress. At one time, it had a 10-mile long
canal down to the Tennessee river for shipping products by barges, which
were mule-drawn on the canal. This is largely an overgrown stream
now and is not navigable.
Spiritual Background I have served
many years as deacon, elder, mission coordinator, Bible class teacher,
education director, maintenance coordinator and other nameless, but necessary,
positions in the church where I was worshipping at the time.
Why I Am a WBS Teacher I have been studying
the Bible since childhood and teaching it for about 45 years in one way
or another. As I have become older, my ability to speak “on my feet”
has diminished and I say words that are not really what I mean to say.
The tendency to use incorrect words detracts from the continuity of thought
and is not good for a teacher to have. Therefore, I have quit teaching
orally. Now I try to teach in writing because I can go over what
I have written and make sure the words look pretty good. The necessity
of teaching and otherwise doing the Lord’s will is bearing on all of us,
and this is one way I can do that.
Hobbies / Interests My hobbies are
few and are primarily traveling by car, teaching World Bible School and
World English Institute by correspondence, both by e-mail and by snail
mail. (I really do not care for air travel although I do it when
necessary or advisable.) I also enjoy corresponding with my friends
by e-mail, not by snail mail, it is too slow and I must write more perfectly.
My 8 grand children (six of whom live near me) absorb much of my time and
attention.
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