Gary Render:  

Life After graduation from Hirsch High School I attended Augustana College in Rock Island IL. I graduated in 1963 and for a short period I was a city planner. I then taught 6th grade in Markham IL starting in 1964. During that time I married the former Betsye Johnson. We had gone steady for 7 years prior to our marriage and have just celebrated 49 years of going steady and will celebrate 43 years of marriage this September(2007). While in Illinois we had 2 children. Kristin(1967) and Erik(1970). After teacing in public schools for 7 years I attended classes at Purdue University, Calumet campus, in Indiana. In 1971 I received my Master's degree. In the summer of 1971 we moved to West Lafayette IN so I could work on a Ph.D. which I completed in 1973. We stayed in West Lafayette for another year while Betsye received her nursing degree. In the summer of 1974 I was hired as assistant professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wyoming in Laramie,WY. I taught there for 26 years and am now a retired Professor Emeritus living in Denver Colorado. Laramie is surrounded by widerness which we explored enthusiastically. I got into fishing, hunting, 4-wheeling, shooting,camping and hiking. My tenure at the University of Wyoming included teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in Educational Psychology, Human Growth and Development, Human Relations and Humanistic and Transpersonal Pschology. For a couple of years I served as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. My professional writing and presenting papers at regional and national conferences provided me with the opportunity to make good friends around the country. I have published or presented over 150 articles and papers and my work has appeared in several books. However, my best friends were always students of mine. I served as major professor for many Master's and Doctoral students. That became my favorite part of the job. I have had some health problems along the way. I had a heart at...Expand for more