"We are born to die tomorrow, and yet through books we are able to know events of thousands of years."
-Yamaga Soko, Japanese 17th-century military strategist

Ph.D. Geography	University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 Dissertation: Effects of decreasing rice subsidies on farms and farmers in Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku.	December 1994
M.A. Geography	University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65202 Thesis: Location of food processing industries in the United States.	December 1983
Far East Studies	Jouchi (Sophia) University, Tokyo, Japan While here, resided in Wakeijuku, Bunkyo-ku, former residence of the Kumamoto Hosokawa family (Next to Tanaka Makiko, "the Empress of Mejiro's" house.)	May 1982
B.S. Geology	St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617 Study Abroad - Stockholm, Sweden - 1971 Tja! Hur är läget?	May 1973

States I've been to (1st-Pennsylvania; last-Alaska):

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Countries I've seen (last new country-Malta):

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Pictures from the Past - (or my real education)