Grew up on a farm in Wagener, SC. Worked in Horticulture department 4 years after graduation in 1975. Sales rep for Woolfolk Chemical, Rohm & Haas Co., Hoechst, and Aventis selling crop protection chemicals. Retired President-CEO of CNI (Chem Nut, Inc.) in Albany, Georgia. CNI is a distribution company for crop protection chemicals, seeds, plant nutrients and other agricultural products. My wife (Jackie) and two children (Christie and Jennifer) all finished Clemson University. We presently live on Lake Hartwell in Anderson County. will relocate to the Clemson area upon retirement.