After graduating from St. Thomas in January 1957, I went to St. Francis Prep High School, and then worked in the New York Stock Exchange briefly before enlisting in the Army in 1962. I served in a missile battalion for three years and after being discharged I attended and graduated from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, with a BS degree in Criminal Justice. I have been a police officer for 38 years, serving as chief of police for the last 18 years in the northern New Jersey town I’ve made home for the past 40 years. My wife, Dorothy, a journalist, and I, have three children, Linda, a stay-at-home mom; Andrew, director of the annual fund at a local university; and Jennifer, an elementary school teacher. Linda and her husband have two children; Andrew and his wife are expecting their first child, and Jennifer and her husband have a two-year-old son, and are expecting their second child. I’m planning to retire from the police department in two years and am looking forward to enjoying our growing number of wonderful grandchildren and continuing my theological studies, with an eye toward possibly teaching part-time in the future.