Personal:

• Started speaking full-time in 1976 and has spoken over 10,500 times, in 15 countries and throughout America.

Education:

• Graduated from Abbeville High School in Abbeville, Alabama, in 1966 as an Honor Graduate.
• Graduated from Auburn University in June of 1970, with a degree in Business Administration.

Work Experience:

Seven months with South Central Bell in Management Development Program - November 1970 - June 1971. Resigned South Central Bell to join West Point Pepperell in Personnel Relations. Resigned West Point Pepperell to pursue public speaking full-time, August 1, 1976, and to be affiliated with Sta-Green Plant Food Company.

Honors:

• All Southeastern Conference Football Team 1968 and 1969
• All Southeastern Conference Scholastic Team 1968 and 1969
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary Fraternity
• Outstanding College Athletes of America - 1970
• Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award - 1970; (Given to one male and one female of Senior Class)
• Place kicker – Auburn Team of the Decade
• Drafted in 1970 by Oakland Raiders
• Young Man of the Year
• Jaycees Outstanding Young Religious Leader of Alabama
• Personalities of the South (11th Edition)
• Inducted into Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame - 2002
• Awarded and recognized as a Fellow of the Society of John Wesley by the United Methodist Men’s Foundation. - October 21, 2005

Endorsements

(see Testimonials page)