After spending 49 years and 44 days practicing Medicine (Surgical Pathology), the author turned to his third love, telling stories, and has written three novels. His first love, his wife Rita and their family of eight living children, fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren live in close proximity in western Maryland with one daughter residing in Jersey City, NJ .He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, went to Medical School and returned, spending several additional years as a Navy physician. He has traveled extensively in Europe including Russia, and served as pathologist in Saudi Arabia, and taught pathology at King Faisal University in Dhahran.