Native to Nashville, TN. Haywood County resident since 2004.
Education
- BA from Peabody College/Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Degree from Universite de la Sorbonne, Paris France
- Attended London School of Economics, London, England
- Masters in comparative literature course work completed at Vanderbilt University
Publications
- Index to Poetry for Children and Young People, H.W. Wilson Company,
- Supplements published 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, Editor and Anthologist of
- Several collections of children’s poetry
Professional
- President, In the Winds Eye Farms, Kingston Springs, TN
- President, TN Agribusiness Services, Nashville, TN
- Founder and President, Friends of the Library of Cheatham County, TN
- President and Founder, Pioneer Log Homes/American Timber, Kingston Springs
- President, Brookwood Properties, Kingston Springs, TN
- President, Engineered Panel Technologies, Nashville, TN
- President, Insulspan, Inc., Blissfield Michigan
- President, Insulspan/Southeast, Greeneville, MS
- President, Smoky Mountain Group, Waynesville, NC
- Director, North American Log Builders Association (NALBA)
- Director, Log Homes Council of the NAHB
- Director, Building Systems Council of the NAHB
- Director, Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA)
- President of the Smoky Mountain HomeBuilders Association
- Consultant and Business Plan Development Work Memphis TN
- Housing Authority, HOPE VI project, focus on affordability, energy efficiency and sustainability, Biloxi, MS
- Housing Authority, HOPE VI project, same focus, Sierra Building Systems, Jackson, MS
- Lexus Manufacturing, Memphis, TN
- Tribe of Colquille Indians, Coos Bay, OR
- Maples Panel Systems, Pasco, WA
- Foam Products Corporation, St. Louis, MO
- Chapman Building Systems, Dallas, TX
Notable construction projects
- The Quarters Condominiums, Oxford, MS, 60 unit development built with pre-fabricated structural insulated panels and pre-cut interior steel framing
- The Retreat, Oxford, MS, 120 single family detached student housing development, built with pre-fabricated structural insulated panels and pre-cut interior steel framing
- Madison Market, Madison, MS, 60,000 sq. ft. shopping center built with red iron framing, structural insulated panel curtain walls, with ThinBrick pre-applied in factory.
- Since 1977, design and construction of hundreds of log and timber single family homes, structural insulated panel homes, also many churches, barns, highway rest areas, etc.