My Career
I earned a BS in Electrical Engineering. Over the years, I have worked for a number of major electronic companies such as Bendix, Rockwell Collins, Sundstrand, Philips.
During my electronic design work, I was awarded six U. S. Patents for design ideas. Millions (literally) of copies of my circuits have been put into production.
If you flew on an airline in the free world back in 1970 to 2000, you probably had some of my designs on the flight deck.
Not only did I do design work, but over the years, I also began to manage engineering projects. The largest one I managed involved about 100 engineers on three continents and a budget of about $27 million.
I gained excellent troubleshooting skills when I followed my designs to the factory floors. Those skills have served me well doing design work, building custom homes and in life.
After over 30 years doing electronic design work, I switched to building large custom homes. My son-in-law, Willis, and I formed Willis Sinclair Homes.
Today, I am (sort of) retired, but still help with some back office work.
I am a Professional Engineer
Educational Experience
My first few years were spent in a one room school (grades 1 to 8) in Southeastern Missouri. Later, I moved to slightly larger schools where there were only two grades in the same room. By the time I reached the 7th grade, we lived in a suburb of St. Louis and I had just one grade in my room.
I earned my BS in Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (with a hitch in the Army in the middle of my college education).
In the late 1960s, I taught math and science at the New Smyrna Beach (Florida) High School for several months as a substitute teacher.
My duty in the Army was teaching soldiers basic engine theory in the Armor School at Ft. Knox. I did this for about 30 months. While I was stationed at Ft. Knox, I was promoted to Staff Sergeant (E-6) in less than 23 months. I won several awards for instruction.
We homeschooled our children starting in the early 1980s. Our homeschool was modeled after the one room school I attended as a youngster. Really, it was more like a school at home than a traditional homeschool. Our school included Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Calculus. Some of our children who continued to college were able to skip or test out of courses because of their homeschooling.
Although we (and all of our children) have chosen homeschooling, it is obvious that most young people attend public schools. No matter the type of school, the goal should be to produce well educated and well rounded young people. That is why I am running for the School Board -- I can help do just that.