Born 1949 in Erie, PA. Cathedral Prep and Gannon University (Chemistry). Lord Corporation. US Navy Submarine Force. Combustion Engineering. ABB. Westinghouse. United Illuminating. Avangrid. Retired since June 2017.

Interested in Transylvania and the Saxon history of the Siebenbuergen region (Hermannstadt/NagySzeben/Sibiu, Danes/Dunesdorf, Romania and surrounding area); also Obermarkersdorf, Retz, and Vienna , Austria; Gottschee (now Kocevje, Slovenia); Windischdorf/Slovenska Vas, Slovenia and surrounding areas; and England & Wales. Also interested in Sverdlovsk area (Ekaterinburg and Polevskoy) in Russia.

Ancestor surnames include:
-- Acker, Davis, Cook, Huston/Houston (New Castle/Sharon/Farrell/West Middlesex/Danville, PA; Youngstown, OH; Erie, PA; Sacramento, CA)
-- Wally (Erie, PA; Obermarkersdorf, Austria)
-- Hepfinger (Erie, PA and surrounding townships and boroughs; St. Louis, MO area; Siebenburgen region of eastern Europe; Austria-Hungary)
--Lutsch (Erie, Lake City, Girard, PA)
-- Widmer, Roethel (Windischdorf, Gottschee/Slovenia; Vienna, Austria)
-- Berry (Buffalo and western NY)
-- Turner (Erie, PA)

Born 1949 in Erie, PA. Cathedral Prep and Gannon University (Chemistry). Lord Corporation. US Navy Submarine Force. Combustion Engineering. ABB. Westinghouse. United Illuminating. Avangrid. Retired since June 2017.

Interested in Transylvania and the Saxon history of the Siebenbuergen region (Hermannstadt/NagySzeben/Sibiu, Danes/Dunesdorf, Romania and surrounding area); also Obermarkersdorf, Retz, and Vienna , Austria; Gottschee (now Kocevje, Slovenia); Windischdorf/Slovenska Vas, Slovenia and surrounding areas; and England & Wales. Also interested in Sverdlovsk area (Ekaterinburg and Polevskoy) in Russia.

Ancestor surnames include:
-- Acker, Davis, Cook, Huston/Houston (New Castle/Sharon/Farrell/West Middlesex/Danville, PA; Youngstown, OH; Erie, PA; Sacramento, CA)
-- Wally (Erie, PA; Obermarkersdorf, Austria)
-- Hepfinger (Erie, PA and surrounding townships and boroughs; St. Louis, MO area; Siebenburgen region of eastern Europe; Austria-Hungary)
--Lutsch (Erie, Lake City, Girard, PA)
-- Widmer, Roethel (Windischdorf, Gottschee/Slovenia; Vienna, Austria)
-- Berry (Buffalo and western NY)
-- Turner (Erie, PA)