My parents chose an auspicious place for my birth. They chose Skedee, Oklahoma. From the outset I knew that I was special. Not many people can say that they were born in Skedee. The exclusivity of my place of birth has permitted me to hold my head high on all occasions. At one time I was Bud Wilkinson's guest when he had an office in the White House. Even on that occasion, I felt that special pride of knowing that probably not one other person in the entire place had been privileged to be born in Skedee I chose education as my life pursuit. I received my undergraduate degree from Bethany-Peniel College and then a M.A. in philosophy from the University of New Mexico. I earned the B.D. from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Inspired, I pursued doctoral studies at the University of Kansas, Atlanta University, and finally took two doctorates from the University of Denver-a Th.D. in the Sociology of Religion (Iliff), and a Ed.D. in Higher Educationl I have traveled the world. I have lived in Japan, South Africa and Canada. I have visited more than 60 countries of the world, but there is no place like home. Now I live in Fort Towson, Oklahoma on a small lake-Lake Raymond Gary. Life Capsules -- In 1909 Grandfather Arvin Armstrong shot a man in a bar in Horse Branch, Kentucky. He bundled his small family into a covered wagon and escaped west to Antlers, Oklahoma, where he raised his family in peace, mostly. He never returned to Horse Branch.