John plays the Piccolo and the Flute in the New Horizons Concert Band.

John is a retired Laboratory Technician for Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, Illinois. John is originally from Chicago.

Some of John's hobbies are singing and playing music, amateur radio (station WA9CSL), trail riding on foot or on-road bicycling, going to out door events with friends, and running down trails with his 2yr old Minny Doxy "Buddy".

Interesting Tidbit:
Visited Davis Switzerland on a 13-day ski trip, obtained Eagle Scout and the "order of the arrow" camping award. Earned a BS in Chemistry and at Illinois State, and after 4 yrs in high school band, John served 2yrs in the 98th Army Band at Fort Rucker in Alabama.

John also tried to run a marathon (26 miles) about 20 years, but as John states , "I stopped at the 13 miles mark, my 116 lb 5'2" body watched as the pack passed me by."

Photo available soon.