-born: april 6, 1948 minneapolis mn
-baptised: st john's abbey, collegeville mn, may 1948
-godparents: james nicholas yeager, houston tx, and arleen mccarty hynes, collegeville mn
-unofficial fairy godparents at the ceremony: novelist j.f. powers; novelist elizabeth m. wahl; rep. eugene j. mccarthy (dfl-mn); essayist & memoirist abigail quigley mccarthy; philosopher emerson merton hynes
-family: five siblings, all younger, b. 1949-1956; twelve blood aunts and uncles (not sure how many married); fifty-three first cousins
-moved from mn to tx: summer 1950
-education: holy rosary elementary school, houston tx 1962; st thomas high school, houston tx 1966; attended university of st thomas, houston tx 1966-1968; BA st michael's college, university of toronto, toronto, ontario, canada 1970; MA university of texas at austin, austin tx 1971
-moved to washington dc area: may 5, 1972
-sobriety date: september 6, 1979
-married: jane stewart-yeager, st thomas university chapel, houston tx, january 5, 1980
-children: daughter nancy elizabeth anderson born atlanta ga, august 28, 1969, died mobile al, october 30, 2011; son justin stewart yeager born washington dc, march 4, 1982; son joshua breihan yeager born washington dc, july 4, 1986
-divorced: november 7, 2004
-moved to santa fe nm: april 30, 2015

-born: april 6, 1948 minneapolis mn
-baptised: st john's abbey, collegeville mn, may 1948
-godparents: james nicholas yeager, houston tx, and arleen mccarty hynes, collegeville mn
-unofficial fairy godparents at the ceremony: novelist j.f. powers; novelist elizabeth m. wahl; rep. eugene j. mccarthy (dfl-mn); essayist & memoirist abigail quigley mccarthy; philosopher emerson merton hynes
-family: five siblings, all younger, b. 1949-1956; twelve blood aunts and uncles (not sure how many married); fifty-three first cousins
-moved from mn to tx: summer 1950
-education: holy rosary elementary school, houston tx 1962; st thomas high school, houston tx 1966; attended university of st thomas, houston tx 1966-1968; BA st michael's college, university of toronto, toronto, ontario, canada 1970; MA university of texas at austin, austin tx 1971
-moved to washington dc area: may 5, 1972
-sobriety date: september 6, 1979
-married: jane stewart-yeager, st thomas university chapel, houston tx, january 5, 1980
-children: daughter nancy elizabeth anderson born atlanta ga, august 28, 1969, died mobile al, october 30, 2011; son justin stewart yeager born washington dc, march 4, 1982; son joshua breihan yeager born washington dc, july 4, 1986
-divorced: november 7, 2004
-moved to santa fe nm: april 30, 2015