Personal Background: I was born in Harveysburg, Ohio, on May 12, 1947. I attended Massie Local Schools in Harveysburg, which housed grades one through twelve in the same building. A community consolidation program, which merged the Harveysburg School with three other struggling high Schools in the early sixties, would finally record my graduation from Clinton Massie High School in Clarksville, Ohio. I was a member of the Zion Baptist Church -- a link along the Underground Railroad -- where I was baptized at age 11. Currently I am a Member of the Israel Baptist Missionary Church located in Forest Park, Ohio, where I am a Deacon.

From October of 1964 till September of 1967, I served in the U.S. Army. In November of 1967, I hired on at General Motors in Dayton, Ohio, where I remained until my retirement in April of 1998. While employed by General Motors, I was represented by I.U.E. Local - 755.

In 1972 I made another very important choice, I married Carolyn, a very refined public school teacher, who has since retired. After marrying in 1972, I enrolled in college. Making full utilization of the G. I. Bill, I graduated from Wilmington College with a Bachelor of Science degree in "Industrial and Labor Relations," in 1978. I attended the University of Cincinnati grad School in 1979. I hold a certificate of completion in Mayor's Court Education, from "The Ohio Municipal League", State of Ohio, 1992.

I have five brothers and one sister of which I am eldest. The late William T. Sanders and Ida Francis Sanders were my parents. My hobbies consist of travel, driving tour buses, trap shooting, and playing my piano.