Personal Information

I was born in Salt Lake City, but grew up in Denver. The Great great grandparents on my mother's side came to Denver in the 1860s. My father's relatives were ranchers in the Steamboat Springs area, where my Grandmother, Verna Bartz, was the first Superintendent of Schools in the Craig area.

Education

• Ph.D.-University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1970: Economics

• M.S.-University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969: Economics

• B.A.-Stanford University , 1964: History

• High School : Regis High School, Denver

Married with two sons, both married and each with three children.

I have lived in Latin America for over five years at varying points since I graduated from Stanford, starting as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Huancayo, Peru. So I am fluent in Spanish, have good reading and some understanding in Portuguese; I was formerly fluent in German; I studied Latin and Greek. View my Galapagos Slide Show.

Interesting (?) Facts

• Most Recent  Marathon Time: 3 hours 25 minutes
  Salt Lake Marathon, April 21, 2007—age group winner

• Most Recent  Half Marathon Time: 1 hour 35+ minutes
  Salt Lake Half Marathon, April 19, 2008—age group winner

• Highest Mountain Climbed: Chimborazo, Ecuador (20,543 feet)
  August, 1995

An interesting radio program on Cotopaxi, Ecuador's second highest volcano—which I also climbed—is available at www.homelands.org/worlds/Cotopaxi.html

Photo of

Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador.

View my Personal Curriculum Vitae (10KB PDF file)