I went to university at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where I met Terry Gensbigler. Terry and I were married in 1971, We graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 1972.. In the fall of 1973 we went into the Peace Corps and lived in the Kingdom of Tonga until January of 1977, In August 1977 we moved to Houston where I started graduate school and Terry started teaching. Our wonderful daughter was born in 1985. Terry and I both obtained our doctorates, Terry in education in 1986 and Charlie in biostatistics in 1988. Charlie went on to join the faculty of neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine, doing research in neurotrauma. Terry became nationally known in elementary school science education. Heather obtained a BA and MA from New School University in New York City, She is about to be granted her PhD from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
Terry and I moved to Connecticut in 2004 so I could take a job at Pfizer. After five years, I moved to Harvard Medical School, then Novartis. Terry worked for a regional educational center until last year. We are both “semi-retired”. Terry consults and keeps active in the elementary science curriculum community.. I was diagnosed with a meningioma two years ago, and am not working.
Terry and i have had good careers. Terry has multiple accomplishments in education including a very successful science education textbooks. I had a good time doing research and ended up an author on 115 or so peer reviewed papers. Most importantly, our daughter is an intelligent, kind thoughtful young woman who is building a beautiful life of her own. We are so very proud of her.