Education

• Pennsylvania State University
• Kiski Area High School

Favorite saying

• "Goal: "To be an asset to the world" "As he approached death, my father said he'd "had a good life." He wasn't being sentimental; he meant every word. He certainly didn't mean he had achieved great things or accumulated tremendous wealth. He had worked hard, loved a woman who meant the world to him, raised three children to responsible adulthood, made lasting friendships, gone fishing, and tried to take pleasure from and contribute something to the world around him. His life had meaning." "I believe that to have a well lived life, you have to give something back - to others and to this fragile planet." "Maybe it all boils down to this: you can go through life protecting yourself at every turn from disappointment and risk and, as a result, lead a safe, if uneventful, life in which you never trust your fellow man. Or you can lead an undefended life, a life on the edge in which you marvel at the general goodnness of people and eventually get hurt. I choose the later of course. For the great balance of my life so far, that has proven the right choice. Perhaps, it's not even a choice at all." "He who moves not forward goes backward" - Goethe “If I have seen more than others, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants” - Sir Issac Newton "