learned chess at 5 from my father, beat him at 14. Played at Providence, R.I.chess club when Walter Sussman was N.E. Champ. Back to chess in Milwaukee after retiring. My good friend Bob Claflin started a chess club in Bradford Vermont after taking lessons. We have 5 adults including my son, 3 children right now How i actually made livvng is in "Who's Who in America" or in" "". . . Science and Technology"