Mostly Ordinary Things
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LEANING FORWARD ALL THE WAY

Rodger W. Minatra

I was born in West Texas and raised in New Mexico and Arizona. After a few years in construction, almost ten years in the U.S. Air Force, and several years as a technical writer and trainer in the aviation and telecommunications industry, I landed a fulltime teaching job in Electronics Engineering Technology at a Texas community college. I have been teaching and instructing at the college and university level now for more than 40 years, and I am still teaching part-time, writing, painting, working on my website (minatra.org) and spending time with grandkids. My formal college education includes agriculture (Bachelors, Arizona State), education (Masters, University of Denver), training and development (Doctorate, University of North Texas), business (MBA, Southwest Baptist University). Aside from those degrees, I have taken other courses in just about everything that has interested me: electronics engineering technology, manufacturing, management, leadership, theology, apologetics, avionics, surveying, welding, art, watercolor painting, carpentry, masonry, master gardening, leadership, writing and even horse shoeing. My wife and I have been married for 49 years and have two married daughters and five grandchildren. We have enjoyed living in several states and currently live in Illinois. Our two daughters and their families live in upper state New York and across the street from our home in Illinois.

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