USN veteran...French Foreign Legion prospective enlistee...former NAACP member...former Wobbly...BA degree (1976)in Journalism (1976) with a sub major in US History. Three unpublished scholarly papers on labor history of which two were incorporated into books by other authors...Frequent letter-to-the-editor writer... Recd. free tuition for Masters degree,Social Work (1984)...Pioneer Nichiren Buddhist sect member in Hawaii...Minor poet (recognized by Finland)...Descendant of first Union soldier (Corporal Rihl) killed north of the Mason-Dixon line.
