Jeff Head is a 56 year-old father of five children who lives in Southwest Idaho. He and his wife of 35 years are the proud grandparents of three grandsons and five granddaughters. A sixth granddaughter is on the way in December 2012. This will make nine grandchildren for Jeff and Gail, a real and special heritage to the Lord.
 
Mr. Head is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and a member of the U.S. Naval Institute. He worked as a designer, manager, director, and consultant for over twenty-five years in the defense, nuclear power, and computer industries where he was involved in various engineering, support, and management capacities. Projects he has been involed with have included the A-7 attack aircraft program, the MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) program, the San Onofre Nuclear Power Project, the South Texas Nuclear Power Project, the Theater High Altitude Air Defense System (THAADS), and the NSSN Virginia Class nuclear attack submarines.
 
While working as a director at Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, Mr. Head was involved in efforts at Thiokol Corporation's Strategic Operations Division to review & improve their operations in the years following the shuttle Challenger disaster. As a result of that effort, in 1992 Mr. Head was presented a Vice President’s award from Thiokol Strategic Operations for his team's efforts in the Computer-Aided-Engineering (CAE) area.
 
As a senior manager at Micron Electronics, Mr. Head oversaw the development of the Trek and Trek2 lines of portable computers, setting up manufacturing and product development operations in the Republic of China. These products became the most successful line of portable computers in Micron Electronics' history. In these and other consulting endeavors, Mr. Head has traveled extensively overseas to the Far East, India, and portions of Eastern Europe on behalf of North American firms helping establish off-shore manufacturing and product development operations. Currently, Mr. Head works for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, helping maintain and protect critical regional infrastructure, where he has worked for the last nine years.
 
Mr. Head has also been personally involved in many civic events including the Klamath Basin Water Crisis in Oregon in 2001. He authored a book about the entire event called, "The Stand at Kalmath Falls," which is for sale online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other outlets.

As a result of that involvement, and as a reult of his work with respect to issues associated with the 9-11 attacks, in August of 2002 Mr. Head accepted an Eagle Award from the FreeRepublic Web Site as their "Person of the Year for 2001". His 9-11 work is outlined on a web site called, "Attack on America" memorializing the horrific events of Sep 11, 2001. In 2003, Mr. Head was presented a National Leadership Award from the National Republican Congressional Committee and named as the Honorary Idaho Chairman to their Business Advisory Council. In 2004, the National Republican Congressional Committee awarded Mr. Head the Ronald Reagan Gold Medal Award, and in 2006, Mr. Head was awarded the Congressional Order of Merit from the National Republican Congressional Committee.
 
Mr. Head is also the author of the DRAGON'S FURY: WORLD WAR AGAINST AMERICA AND THE WEST best selling techno-thriller novel about a fictional third world war that develops out of current worldwide geo-political conditions. Dragon's Fury is selling online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, BooksaMillion, and other places.
 
Finally, Mr. Head had been very active in his Church and with the Boy Scouts of America, helping with rafting trips, winter camps and wilderness camps in Idaho. However, in December of 2009, Mr. Head was diagnosed with malignant Chordoma Bone Cancer in his Sacrum (lower back). He spent six months at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston undergoing very dangerous and extensive surgery to remove the tumor, and then to rebuild Mr. Head's pelvic ring. He underwent months of painful and in-depth rehabilitation to teach him how to walk again and deal with the resulting disabilities. Mr. Head returned to full time work for the government in October of 2010 and has had a marvelous, miraculous recovery to date. He has kept a journal of his experinces at, My Sacral Chordoma: A Journal of my Experiences with malignant Bone Cancer.

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