- Born: Jan. 15, 1948

- Residence: Orangeburg County

- Personal: Wife, Linda; daughter, Stacy

- Education: Arizona State University

- Experience: Senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Spectral Diagnostics, 2001-April 2003; director of business development for distribution, Roche Diagnostics Corp., 1996-2001

- Military: United States Marine Corps, tactical jet aviator. USMC public affairs director. USMC Air spokesman during Operation Desert Storm