sentences:  Prior to his service in the Tennessee House of Representatives, he served in the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 1983 to 1995.For three years, he was a faculty member at Aquinas Jr. College, and for 20 years he served as Executive Director of the Tennessee Optometric Association.In 1973, he graduated from East Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree, and in 1975 he earned his master's degree when he graduated from Eastern Kentucky University.