A past member of the prestigious Chicago Crime Commission, pilot by passion, police officer and licensed private detective by vocation, he dabbled in investigations to the age of seventy-one.

In the early months of the Korean War, he enlisted in the Air Force for four years and relates the experience as a Korean combat veteran and the place where he grew up. When the war ended, before his enlistment was up, he stayed on and became acquainted with Air Police work. Honorably discharged he came home with four medals that he describes as insignificant and began a career in law enforcement.

Most of his twenty-six years as a police officer were spent on the street as a Detective Sergeant and he retired as a Deputy Chief from the Village of Downers Grove IL. For ten years he was a private detective in four Midwest states and he dabbled in investigations for a second ten years in eight Southeast states.

He has owned several aircraft from a 175 HP cabin Fairchild, (The R46 and Little Louie) up to a 3400 HP twin engine B-25, (Barbie III and Company). His latest book, (Giants Over Korea: A Sky Too Far) takes the reader to the early B-29 air war over North Korea with remarkable depth and frightening detail.

According to the book description, Poke Probe Pry and Peek, is “The realistic world of an authentic licensed private detective.” Someday like to become a licensed PI? Want to become a better PI? How about succeeding as a businessperson? This book will put you there. Just like to read about PI work? Never before told case experiences. How to get there, what to do once you’re there and how to stay there. All told in hard-hitting words by the author who was licensed in four Midwest states for ten years and then ten more years as an independent contractor for insurance companies in eight South Eastern states. He knows what it takes to get started, to the presentation of a savvy businessperson, to staying out of jail. With 26 years in law enforcement prior to his PI vocation, he spent 17 years on the street as a Detective Sergeant. He retired as a Deputy Chief and brings to this, his fourth book, the street skills, management experience, and business talent needed to succeed as a PI, or any vocation for that matter. The author shares his “can-do” upbeat attitude with his readers with remarkable depth and sincerity.