I was born December 7, 1961 in Greensburg, Indiana. The town was about 7500 people at the time, and I grew up in a small neighborhood next to a farm. I was the middle child of five, with an older brother and three sisters. I went to St. Mary’s Catholic School from grades 1-6, Junior High for two years, and then Greensburg Community High School with a graduating class of about 200 people. After high school, I went to Purdue University and obtained a degree in Construction Engineering and Management, graduating in 1984. I took a job in DC for 6 months with a large construction firm, and then moved to Atlanta to work for a smaller firm in October of that year. |
Dan’s Childhood |
9 days old, with my mom, Tony, & Micki |
Birthday celebrations at 2, 6 and 7 years old |
Easter 1962, with Dad, Tony, Micki & Mom |
1969: See, I told you I grew up by a farm. I saw the piglets being born. I also liked mini-golf back then, too. |
October 1969 family photo, with Dad, Micki, Angie & Mom on top and me, Sandi & Tony on the bottom |
January 1970 with Sandi |
Birthdays at 9, 10, 11 & 12 years old above (I loved chocolate) and obviously I started liking softball back in 1974, too (left) |
Birthdays at 13 & 14 years old, plus my 7th grade photo (far right) and graduation (below) |
We had some memorable times in that green station wagon, including getting on a ferry to Canada and going to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago |
Birthday at 16 years old |
My track life was easily the best part of high school, and mainly consisted of the relays and low hurdles |
My senior picture and graduation picture |
The famous tree in the courthouse tower in Greensburg |
10 days old at my baptism with my godparents, Cletus Tekulve & Connie Meyer |
Freshman year at Purdue with Rocco, my desk, 19th birthday with Terri Kramer, my friends, and Prom with Terri |
Angie, Mom, & Sandi came with Dad to visit me in DC during my summer internship in 1981 |
My office and apartment in Atlanta, late 1984 |
My office in DC, at a jobsite 170 feet in the air |
My 1982 internship in Atlanta was filled with fun with the roommates, life on the Chattahoochee, and Cindy Jones |
With my first real girlfriend, Deb Oliver.
Also, the first car I bought, a Chevy Monza.
My Prom date, Gina Graves. |
My summer internship in 1983 was also in Atlanta. At right was Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale senior year. |