AUTHOR: Nineteen
books
on Arizona and the West.
CONVENTION
SPEAKER:
Thirty Years on the Banquet-Convention Circuit.
ENTERTAINER: One of Arizona's Most Popular Performing Artists. He's opened for such entertainers as Rex Allen,
Waylon Jennings, Jerry
Lee Lewis and the Oak Ridge Boys.
EDITORIAL STAFF: Arizona Highways Magazine, Phoenix Magazine, True West Magazine.
RECORDING ARTIST: Wrote and
recorded cowboy song "Legends
in Levis."
MILITARY: United States Marine Corps. Received Meritorious promotion, MCRD Boot Camp 1957.
Finalist for First Battalion Series Honor Man.
BORN:
Mesa, Arizona. January 16, 1939.
RECENT
MAJOR HONORS:
2006 Rocky Mountain Emmy - "Arizona Backroads"
2005 Inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame
1990 "TEN ARIZONANS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE"
1990 SCOTTSDALE
AUTHOR'S AWARD
GRAND MARSHAL SCOTTSDALE PARADA DEL SOL 1986.
GRAND MARSHAL GILBERT DAYS RODEO 1990.
GRAND MARSHAL PHOENIX JC'S RODEO OF RODEO'S 1993.
HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL, PARADA DEL SOL 1995.
1996, “LEGENDS AND
DREAMERS” PBS TELEVISION KAET ASU, TEMPE
GRAND MARSHAL 1997 SCOTTSDALE PARADA DEL SOL
GRAND MARSHAL 1997 FIESTA DAYS PARADE
1997, APPOINTED ARIZONA’S OFFICIAL STATE HISTORIAN
1998: GRAND MARSHAL, FLAGSTAFF JULY 4 PARADE
1999: PARADE MARSHAL, FLAGSTAFF PRO-RODEO PARADE.
1999: INDUCTED INTO PHOENIX COLLEGE HALL OF FAME
HOST: BARRY M. GOLDWATER LECTURE SERIES (since 1985)
2000: GRAND MARSHAL, PAYSON SPRING RODEO
2000: GRAND MARSHAL, PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS RODEO
2001: COMMUNICATIONS & LEADERSHIP AWARD - TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL
2001: SCOTTSDALE LIFE MAGAZINE'S 50th ANNIVERSARY AS:
SCOTTSDALE'S 50 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE over the past 50 YEARS.
2002
State Society of Arizona, Washington D.C. “Copper Star Award.”
2002 Charter Member, "Arizona Culturekeepers"
2003 Scottsdale Jaycees "Distinguished Service" Award.
2003 Grand Marshal, Queen Creek Rodeo Parade
2004 State Chairman, Black Stallion Reading Project “Read Across America.”
2004 Inducted Into Scottsdale Hall of Fame
2004 Medal of Honor, the most prestigious honor awarded by the National
Daughters of the American Revolution for “Leadership, Trustworthiness,
Service, and Patriotism.”
2004 Inducted in the Arizona Veteran's Hall of Fame.
2006 Grand Marshal - Williams Labor Day Parade
2006 Grand Marshal - Gilbert Days - Rodeo
2007 Governor's Council Arizona Office of Tourism - First Lifetime Achievement Award
STATE BOARDS: Past and Present
Arizona Historical Foundation, A.S.U. Executive Board Member
Arizona Peace Officer Memorial Commission.
Arizona Women's Hall of Fame, Selection Committee
Arizona Diamond Jubilee Commission. 1986-88
Arizona Nature Conservancy, 1978-84
Arizona Business Hall of Fame Selection Committee
McDowell-Sonoran Land Trust, Advisory Council