Tom Madsen:  

OK. I've sort of resisted doing this because, well, just because. So, for the one or two of you who may have the slightest interest (accent slightest), this is what I've been doing over the past forty-eight years. I was married to Mary Delveaux, from Green Bay, who I met at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, in 1970. I graduated from UW-Parkside in 1975, while I was making cars at American Motors. Our first son, Nathaniel, was born in August of 1977 and our second, Geoffrey, in October of 1981. My first professional work was at the Kenosha Council on Alcoholism while I was still in school. That was followed by a four year stint at Goodwill Industries in Racine. In 1984 we moved to Shawano, Wisconsin where I took a job as a social worker for a duo-county mental health agency. In between, I received a master's degree from Cardinal Stritch College. After eight or nine years in Menominee County as a Community Services Manager, I went back to Shawano County as a social work supervisor. In 2004 I was appointed director of Langade County Dept. of Social Services. I retired from there in 2012. I did not stay retired long. Two months afte...Expand for more