1975-1979 UVM College of Medicine. After 8 years of the New England winter salty roads, the floorboards of the Fairlane rusted through. We stayed bundled up in the winter during our weekend trips from Burlington to Rutland as the wind whistled up through the floorboards. After graduation we drove cross country from Rutland to our next home in San Francisco.

1979-1983 Anesthesiology Residency at the Letterman Army Medical Center at the Presidio of San Francisco. Critical Care Research Fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. We got our second set of wheels, a moped, which I drove. Had to pedal furiously going up the hills.

1983-1987 U.S. Army 5th General Hospital, Bad Cannstatt, Germany. Traveled extensively when I wasn't on call. One of my nurse anesthetists told me, "The Army sent you on a tour IN Europe, not a tour OF Europe.  The saying among the Americans stationed there is that you go home with either a cuckoo clock or a baby. We went home with a baby.

1987-2005 United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, Maryland. I managed various of the Army's medical R&D programs. Part time attending staff anesthesiologist at Walter Reed.

Matthew Edwin "Cal" got a baby sister, Gina Anne. At about 18 months old, Gina started falling behind her developmental milestones and was diagnosed with autism. Maria put together a 35 hour per week Applied Behavioral Analysis [ABA] program for Gina. We hired local high school and college students as therapists for Gina. Maria trained and supervised them.

Gina did not hit any of the goals at the public school for those with developmental delays that she attended. She DID hit every goal she had in her ABA program at our home. After unsuccessful discussions with the public school system, we took them to a due process hearing. Weeks of preparation, 10 days of testimony, and a second mortgage to pay for the lawyer. Fortunately, we prevailed.

On a lighter note, one night, Gina had a great time getting into Maria's fingernail polish. Cal earned the Boy Scouts rank of Eagle, following in his father's footsteps who made it all the way to Tenderfoot. On a family trip to Alaska, we visited Jean Plumer and her husband in Fairbanks and were treated to a delicious salmon dinner. After 26 years on Active Duty, I retired from the Army with the rank of Colonel

2005 - present: Frederick, MD / Ijamsville, MD

Worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and for several different Defense contractors managing multidisciplinary teams that took emerging technology and applied it to medicine and to healthcare delivery systems.

Gina transitioned from living with us to being part of a non-profit program. She still has severe communication limitations, but lives in an apartment with one of her friends who also has severe autism. They have 24/7 residential aides. During the day, they have a vocational and recreational program. Each night she calls us for a Facetime call. We see her on weekends and for family vacations.

Cal graduated from McDaniel College and now works for the Social Security Administration assisting employers with calculating Social Security withholding for their employees.

In 2008 my mind was blown when I learned that I had breast cancer. After a left mastectomy and prophylactic right mastectomy, the sentinel lymph node biopsy was negative. Fortunately, it was caught at a very early stage. Going on 14 years post-surgery - so far, so good. One percent of all breast cancer occurs in men. Mortality rate is much higher than in women because men usually don't get it checked until much later than women.

I taught Middle School Sunday School for 18 years at Calvary United Methodist Church.

Maria and I enjoy socializing and traveling with a group of friends that we collectively have named the Monocacy Round Table. [After the original Algonquin Round Table in the 1920's in NYC]

I started a small consulting group called Medical Red Team. We work with a wide variety of clients to help them get funding and partnerships for medical R&D projects. We are now in our 10th year of operation https://medredteam.com [shameless plug].

 

My Favorites
• Sports team [besides the Rutland Red Raiders]: Dallas Cowboys
• Authors: Elmore "Dutch " Leonard; Raymond Chandler; Michael Connally
• Recent TV shows: The Thick of It; Borgen; Bosch
• Childhood TV shows: Johnny Quest; Video Village; Wild, Wild West
• Movies: From Russia with Love; Pulp Fiction; The Matrix
• Disney Movie: Peter Pan
• Foods: Fried clams and onion rings from Kream 'n' Kone on Cape Cod
• Web sites: Wikipedia; The Babylon Bee; Metacritic
• Bible verse: 1 John 4:8
• Computer game: Civilization II
• iPhone app: Braintoss
• Podcast / steaming site: Movin' the Chains - Sirius XM NFL Radio
• Technology company: Apple
• Quotes
- "We are mirrors whose brightness is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us." - C.S. Lewis
- "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." - Pablo Picasso