Born: 1940

Married to Ginger (best friend & retired teacher) since 1963

2 wonderful daughters, 2 great son-in-laws, 4 dynamite grandkids, 2 young dogs

Residence: 24612 Acropolis Dr.
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Telephone: 949-855-2371 (don’t call before 9:00 AM – I’m a night owl)

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Koi philosophy: It’s a hobby and has nothing worth going to war over.
Let’s get on with the business of having fun.

Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1963, Cal. State Long Beach

Experience: Aerospace 1963 thru 1973 - guns, missiles, bombs, aircraft hydraulic controls

Biomedical 1973 thru 1995 - dialysis equipment, extracorporeal (heart bypass surgery) products, ophthalmic products, peripheral IV catheters

Job responsibilities: Consultant, engineer, project engineer, chief engineer, VP of R&D, President & CEO and entrepreneur (this last one was the best!)

Current status: Retired – since 1995 (and loving it!)

Fish bio

3 years old - gold fish in a wash tub

Pre-teen: guppies in jars & bluegill in a barrel

Teens: tropical fresh water fish - aquariums

Adult: more fresh water tropical fish - more and bigger aquariums

Koi bio

1985: Started Koi pond - put on hold - gold fish, frogs, water lilies and 2 Koi in the ½ done pond

1995: Finished Koi pond - started the hobby “for real”

Pond: 3000 gal system, prefilter, two 300 gal up-flow rock, gravel & sand filters, two
¼ hp Lim pumps, 50K BTU natural gas heater

Q-tank: 500 gal - heated - doubles as overflow/hospital/holding tank

About 25 fish – 16” to 26”

1999-2009 - Head of AKCA’s Scientific Committee

2000-08 - Planned, staffed and founded AKCA’s KHA program - served as Program Director, course writer and instructor (Anatomy, Physiology, KHA/Hobbyist Interface, Labs, KHV)

2005-09 –Director of AKCA’s Project KHV; wrote comprehensive KHV status paper; established and directed BHP development; identified and vetted research projects including the ongoing ~$80K KHV research project at Oregon State Univ.

2009-present – One of the founding members of KOI, Inc., writer, instructor

Other: Articles published in KOI USA, Nichirin, Nishikigoi International, and club newsletters

Self taught re: Koi health and disease; extensive personal library

Speaker/presenter at Koi seminars, club meetings and veterinary seminar

Conducted experiments on Koi and filters

Member of several Koi clubs

Incurable fish geek

Sage, soothsayer and former javelin catcher to the 1986 Olympics