The author was born and lives in Oregon.  He enjoys fly-fishing, writing, painting, music, and traveling.  He and his wife, Sandra have two sons, one daughter-in-law, and one grandson with another on the way.  Douglas graduated from the University of Oregon, and was awarded his doctorate degree at W.S.C.C.  in Portland, Oregon.  He was a practicing Chiropractor for seventeen years, and then decided to go into administrative medicine.  When not working at his government job or writing, Douglas enjoys the Oregon Coast, and you can often find him walking the beaches, or fishing the coastal streams.  “How To Study Smart” is a concise book that he wrote to help struggling students such as himself to achieve better grades, and  have more opportunities in life.  He has several other books he is currently working on.  He recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Princeton, NJ for a work he is hoping to finish soon.  His writing subjects vary from instructional such as “How To Study Smart” to historic fiction,  comedy./fiction and science fiction.  He currently self-publishes, but is always interested in talking with potential publishers for his works.

Doctorate Degree
Special Recognition award from the Governor of Oregon for development of MACRO-Key Program.