Raised on a Holstein farm in Underhill Center, VT. Worked the farm up through college. Was very much into the outdoors (as are all Vermont boys) Hiked, Camped, Hunted and Fished, Ski. Went to High School in Essex Junction and played Football and Track for the Essex Hornets. Lettered in Track all four years and Football during his junior and senior years.

After School he was accepted into UVM, but money was tight so Mark enlisted into the Army. He was able to get into the 10th Mtn Reserve unit as Active for two years. While there he befriended another soldier by the name of Chad Randall. He then used the GI bill to go back to UVM and was able to do the next two as VTNG in the 50th Armor.

At UVM he went back to playing Track and during his junior year got involved in the Catamount Rugby team. First accepted to UVM into the Engineer school. Mark figured out that he truly loved the farm. So he enrolled his Junior Yr into the School of Agriculture at UVM.

After receiving a BS in Agriculture, he worked over the summer at the Research center which is in Underhill just down from his farm. This was the dealing of greater output for cows(milk). At the end of the summer he had decided that he wanted to continue in Research. So he went back for his masters in Agriculture and worked the next two year on Research in the Wheat Belt. He received his MS from Kansas University.

During this timeframe, he saw a news article on his old friend Chad Randall in a medical journal. He contacted Chad, who had recently started working for the Morrow Project. Unknown to Mark, Randall guided his next career move.

After graduation he applied for work with Teliron Research a crop enhancement company that was a subsidiary of Morrow Industries. During his time there Morrow finished their evaluation of him and he was personally recruited by Chad Randall. Mark, which was always a military history buff and kept a close eye on the world super powers, believed all that Chad had to say.

He jumped at the chance to being able to help with the replanting of the US agriculture abilities.

Personal Items:
Small family album one picture per page front and back wire bound. with enough for 50 pictures. Ranges from Home shots of VT and family to Buddies in Army. (Including him and Chad a couple of times) Girl friends, Farm, Him driving an M60 VTNG, Rock climbing and hiking the Long Trail. His first Deer. Ect. 10 read/write CD, CD albums U2:Bloody Sunday and Joshua Tree, Melissa Ethridge, Enya, Doors Greatest Hits, Billy Joels Greatest Hits. A Sony Digital Camera and 5 3.5disks. Swiss Army knife that he bought at age 10. Empty 30/30 shell, etched 11/74. Orienting compass. Multi tool in belt case. 50 cent piece yr 1962. and 1988.