Childhood in Arizona and southern California; Stanford University, B.A., 1964; Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1967; U.S. Air Force, 1967-1972; contracts, military justice, other legal work; East Bay Municipal Utility District, 1972-1993: water rights, utilities and environmental law; preserving Mokelumne and American rivers water rights, including EDF v. EBMUD, 1972-1993; affirmative action; responses to drought; recreational facilities at reservoirs; Penn Mine; reflections on Vietnam War, relations with state and federal water agencies, EBMUD management and board of directors.

Copy of California Senate bill no. 2458 (1986), relating to water rights; transcript of EBMUD board meeting, September 14, 1993; clippings.