Larry grew up on a small farm outside of Olney Illinois, Upon graduation from high school, Larry joined the United States Air Force. Larry was trained in Aircraft Structural Repair, and went on to spend two years in the UK and then two years in Germany with the Air Force. Later on he graduated from the University of Illinois where he majored in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on materials and machine design.
Larry went on to work for Stevens Industries in Teutopolis, IL. Larry’s assignments included engineering manager, manufacturing engineer, product engineer. As the Engineering Manager, the Engineering Department expanded to include several additional functional areas. Larry researched, specified, and implemented several new types of software and systems to increase quality, performance, capabilities, and efficiencies of the engineering department and the rest of the company.
