- Department: Medicine
- University: Presbyterian College
- Location: Clinton, South Carolina
I grew up in one denomination, but as an adult and after marrying, I changed. After much prayer, advice, and introspection, I decided that it was more important that my family remain strongly unified in Christianity than it was that I held fast to a particular denomination. I have continued to grow in my faith with my wife and three teenagers, all of whom are active in our church. Although no stranger to trials and difficult times, I believe that I have been so blessed in my life and that I owe that to God's grace. He continues to lead my family and it is a blessing every day to plant seeds of faith with my children and watch them grow!
Favorite Quote
Psalm 118, v 22. "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone."
Friends describe me
Candid, a good listener, reliable, funny, and on the short list of people they would call if they were in a Turkish prison.
My hobbies
ballistics, woodworking, hunting, jewelry-making
Fantasy dinner guests
Winston Churchill, Saint Paul
Best advice I ever received
"If you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, the first thing you should do is stop digging."
My undergrad alma mater
Presbyterian College
My worst subject in school
English composition
If I weren't a professor, I would
practice full-time as a physician assistant
Favorite books
Unbroken (Hillenbrand), The Great Republic (Churchill), Endurance (Lansing), One Second After (Forstchen), The Autobiography of Mark Twain
Favorite movies
Avengers (all of them), War Horse, Shawshank Redemption, The Last Castle
Favorite city
Townsend, TN
Favorite coffee
Bustelo
Nobody knows I
traveled with the Harlem Globetrotters as an athletic trainer