Candidate, Oklahoma State House of Representatives, District 6, 2018

No caucus information on file.

Employee, Crosselle Ranch, 1983-present

Owner, Pecan Drive Veterinary Services, 1983-present

Employee, J Square Cattle Company, 1999-2012

Employee, Summit Cattle Company, 1995-2009

Employee, Summit Cattle Company, 1995-2009

Partner, Vinita Veterinary Center, 1976-1983

Captain, Army Veterinary Corps, United States Army, 1967-1973

Partner, Green Country Veterinary Clinic, 1973-1796

Member, American Veterinary Medical Association, present

Chair, Church Council, Staff-Parrish, and Trustees, First United Methodist Church of Vinita, present

Member, First United Methodist Church of Vinita, present

Member, Northeast Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, present

Member, Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, present

Board of Directors, Rural Electric Cooperative, present

Member, Vinita Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Vinita Young Farmers, present

Member, Vinnie Ream Cultural Center, present

Board Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates-Child Advocates Northeast Oklahoma

Member, Vinita Lions Club

Awards:

I am board certified in Animal Reproduction (Theriogenology). As a person may be operated on by a Board Certified Surgeon, the College of Theriogenologists conferred upon me the Diplomate status in 1986. There are about 400 of us in the world.

I have devoted the last 35 years to strictly bovine practice. I have specialized in Bovine reproduction and have lectured on that subject (especially bull fertility) for several years. In the past three years I've lectured at conventions in Seattle, Baltimore, San Antonio and New Orleans. I've also written two chapters in the Bovine Reproduction textbook.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

I write a weekly column for the Vinita Daily Journal Newspaper. The column is titled: A Grain of Salt. In this column I've commented on life and lives in our area. I have written off and on for 40 years but I've been published weekly for the last five years. I illustrate the column and I enjoy charcoal portraiture and drawing.

I'm a sports fan--especially Oklahoma State University athletics. I'm a baseball fan and pull for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City and the Washington Nationals (my son lives in Washington, D.C.)

My wife and I both play the piano and play duets together.

I read quite a bit. My wife is originally from Oxford, Mississippi--the home of William Faulkner. I admire him as an author and I report with pride I was able to read The Sound and the Fury, although it had to be his most difficult book. Finally I'm proud to say a just recently finished Don Quixote.