Gary Luft:  

While in high school I played football, basketball, and ran track. I was active in my church and worked during the summer with my dad's upholstery business and home remodeling business. He taught me many useful skills that have come in handy over the year. I graduated from WSU in 1976, moved to Lubbock, TX at attend Sunset International Bible Institute. Finished in July, 1978 and moved to Tuscaloosa, AL to work with a church there as minister to college age students. I got married after a year to Sue, my wife of 35+ years after a year (I met her while at Sunset). In 1981 we moved back to Lubbock to work with the church that ran the seminary in the same capacity. After 3 years, I went back to school at Texas Tech to continue the Master's degree work I began in Alabama. I completed a Master's in 1986 and a doctorate in 1989 in family studies. During that time both of our sons were born. I taught child and family development at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO (1 year) and at the University of Akron (3 years) before moving back to Texas to try my hand family counseling. After 3 years I started teaching high school math and that's what I've been doing since. I have also coached boys or girls basketball for the majority of that time. I retired from public school teaching last Spring and we moved back to Lubbock from Midland...Expand for more