David Vernon

I was born and raised in New York City. As an active Boy Scout, I attended two national jamborees, hiked the trail ten days at Philmont Scout Ranch, and spent four weeks as a lone Scout at Ten Mile River, all before my fifteenth birthday. I graduated Christopher Columbus High School with a National Merit Letter of Merit and a Regents Diploma, earned a BS in Forestry form Penn State, drove myself to California to join my family and earn an MA in Botany at Call State LA, drove myself to Indiana where I earned an MS in math and a PhD in ecology at Indiana State, drove to Cleveland where I worked as a tech writer and Unix SysAdmin, then drove to Tucosn AZ, where I still live, for an Army contract job. After nine years of that job, I went to work for IBM on contract for five years, then as a regular for another five. I know do freelance work in Tucson, as a management consultant. I have over 300 college credits, some in almost every subject. I have visited 43 of the 50 states and lived at length in six. I can figure out and explain anything, in words, numbers or pictures, because I am a certified genius with the test scores to prove it. My High School nickname was "The Professor." My friends find it quicker to ask me questions than to look things up - I admit it when I do not know something, but that is not very often. I have worked at 41 different jobs, so far, and am looking for another. I hope you like what I write here.