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Consultant / Designer of Sports Trails / Writer
1989-Present

Sports Commentator, Vermont Public Radio
1994-Present

Interim Program Director, U. S. Biathlon Association, Essex Jct., VT
1992-1993

Head Coach of Mens' Skiing, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1978-1989

English Teacher & Head Ski Coach, Dimond High School, Anchorage, AK
1974-1978

U.S. Army Infantry Officer
1968-1972
Honorable discharge as Captain
Bronze star medal and Combat Infantryman's Badge
U.S. Biathlon Training Center, Ft. Richardson, AK (1968-70, 71-72)

Mobile Advisory Team Leader, Mekong Delta; Instructor-USARV Advisor School,
South Vietnam (1970-71)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

  • IBU (International Biathlon Union), International Referee-Course, Fort Kent
    World Cup, Fort Kent, ME (March, 2004)
  • IBU International Referee-Course, Lake Placid World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
    (February, 2004)
  • Member of the Board of Trustees, Friends of Norris Cotton Cancer Center,
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, (2002-present)
  • Chief of Course, Biathlon events, Salt Lake Winter Olympics, Soldier Hollow,
    UT, (February, 2002)
  • Technical Deligate, Nordic events, NCAA Championships, Middlebury College,
    Middlebury, VT, (March 2001)
  • Chief of Course, Biathlon World Cup, Soldier Hollow, UT, (February, 2001)
  • Chief of Course, U.S. Biathlon National Championships, Soldier Hollow, UT,
    (January, 2000)
  • IBU International Referee-Course, Lake Placid World Cup, Lake Placid, NY
    (February, 1997)
  • Executive Council of Vermont Coverts, Woodlands for Wildlife (‘94-‘97)
  • Chairman of the Biathlon Technical Committee of the FISU, (International
    Federation of University Sports), (1994-1996)
  • Inducted into The Wearers of the Green, (Dartmouth College Athletic Hall of
    Fame), coaches’ category, (April, 1994)
  • U.S. Biathlon Team Leader, Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway (1994)
  • Appointed International Referee by the International Biathlon Union (Jan.,
    1994)
  • Member of the Thetford Academy Board of Trustees, Thetford, VT (1991-present)
  • U. S. Biathlon Team Leader, World University Games, Zakopane, Poland (1993)
  • U. S. Biathlon Team Leader, Winter Olympic Games, Albertville, France (1992)
  • One of 14 Vietnam veterans invited to work with Soviet Afghan War veterans on Outward Bound projects in Uzbekstan (1989), and Hurricane Island, ME
    (1991)
  • Recipient of a full scholarship to U.S. Olympic Academy XII, Penn State
    University (1988)
  • U.S. Biathlon Team Leader, Winter Olympic Games, Calgary, Alberta (1988)
  • U.S. Biathlon Team Leader, World Championships, Lake Placid, NY (1987)
  • Eastern Regional Coach, U.S. Disabled Nordic Ski Team (1985-1990)
  • Winter Sports Representative, U.S. Olympic Committee / U. S. Collegiate
    Sports Council (1985-1988)
  • President, Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (1985-1987)
  • U.S. Biathlon Team Head Coach, World University Games, Sofia, Bulgaria (1983)
  • Eastern Collegiate “Ski Coach of the Year” (1982)
  • Member of U.S. Biathlon Association Board of Directors (1980-1992); Chairman
    of Training, Competition & Team Selection Committee (1984-1990)
  • U.S. Biathlon Team Assistant Coach, Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, NY (1980)
  • U.S. Biathlon Eastern Regional Coach (1980-1988)
  • Head Coach Alaska Team, Junior National Nordic Championships, Alaska and Wyoming (1977, 1978)