Name: Gary R. McKenzie

Profession/Occupation: Retired, UT education professor

Skills: Believe it or not, I can teach whole classes really well

Marital status: Widower

Spouses name: Clare died of breast cancer in February 2001

Children's names and birth years: Sara McKenzie-Quirk (born 1974) and Heather McKenzie (born 1977)

Hobbies/pastimes:  I carve (whittle) a little, read, watch football and old movies, and write a little

Favorite movie and book (other than the Bible): Favorite movie: Gettysburg; Favorite books: Patrick McManus, Historical Military Fiction

Something that few people know about me: Two of my graduate students designed the 1986 version of the Texas Teacher Appraisal System, based upon my synthesis of two great lines of research.  It was cluttered up with extra stuff, administrators didn't use it very well, the teacher unions didn't like it (it discriminated between good and bad teachers); but it   improved teaching and achievement in schools where it was used properly.

The name of the church in which you are a member/attend: Northwest Hills United Methodist Church

How I serve others:  I helped with fundraising for a new building, and drive older ladies to church

Pro-hunting/fishing/shooting organization(s) that I belong to: FCS, N.R.A., sometimes Ducks Unlimited

Other organizations that I belong to: Masonic Lodge 12; Scottish Rite but I'm not active

Favorite species to hunt/fish for: Ducks generally, especially Widgeon and Pintails, which I call

My arsenal: .30-06 sporterized M1, .17 Marlin, Winchester target 22, marlin .22 carbine,  Browning Light 12, Browning Gold Hunter 12, Remington 1187, Smith & Wesson 12,  Browning 9 mm Hi Power, Ruger .22 auto, and Harrington & Richardson .22 revolver

My greatest trophy: I caught a 32 lb. striped bass that made the newspaper

FCS/B&P member since: 10/04

Favorite FCS event:  Annual duck hunts to the rice country; sporting clays

I am a member of FCS because: I like to shoot, and FCS has great events, I need a social group, and I like the guys