1938
- May 30, 1938 – November 25, 2000
- 1957 to 1961 USMC
- 1960s seek out and join the Southwest Combat Pistol League SWPL
– based on articles in Guns & Ammo magazine - 1969 joined the Southwest Pistol League (SWPL)
– coached five different shooters to SWPL class championships
– taught private students - 1970 met Jeff Cooper
– participated in Cooper’s “Mountain Man” program - staff with Mel Tappan “Seminars-On-Survival”
- 1976 founding member of IPSC (the International Practical Shooting Confederation)
– holster committee w/ Bruce Nelson - 1981 founded Southern California Tactical Combat Program
- 1982 adjunct staff at American Pistol Institute (Gunsite)
- 1970s invented Harries Flashlight Technique