Reg was born in Berkeley California and then moved to Chico in the Northern Sacramento Valley when he was 10.  After high school he returned back and graduated with a degree in Operations Research from Cal.  Back then they had to serve in the military so he spent 2 years in the Army as an Airborne Ranger Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers in Korea where they built roads in Panmunjom.  

After his service he started working as a computer programmer, getting paid for what he loved to do.  His career included work in California, New York, Connecticut, Dallas, Kuwait and Mexico City.  He worked for EDS for 11 years then became a contract programmer for the rest of the time. For those with computer knowledge he has modified the operating system of a mainframe computer to allow multi-tasking, and independently developed a method for standardizing the control logic in any batch program, now known as Warnier-Orr diagrams.  He wrote one of the first printer drivers to allow printing from an AppleII computer, and developed DUPL44, a game to allow 4 people to play duplicate bridge.

His parents used to play bridge with a couple across the street, and when he was 15 they decided that their kids were going to learn to dance and play bridge that summer, so off they went to the dance studio …ugh!…and the bridge studio. They learned the rudiments of Goren, enough to be dangerous (to themselves).  In college one Friday night he and his partner decided to go the the Claremont Hotel as they heard they had a bridge game there…..they were young and were sure that they would clean up against these little old men and women who could barely hold the cards, and could not see the dummy across the table.  Well, after coming in last by a large amount, on the way home he thought, he cannot wait to be that little old man who takes these young kids to the cleaners!  He feels he has waited a long time.

Also, in the 1970s he and Martha Ward went to the little bridge studio near Central and Royal Lane to play one Saturday.  These were the big boys, Dallas Aces and all that.  They did not expect to do well and that was correct. However, after one hand against Jim Jacoby (he thinks) he turned to Martha and said 'nice false card'.  It's funny how long you remember a kind word from a world class bridge player.

During his working years he played a little, but really began again at Dorsey's after he retired. Dorsey needed directors so a bunch of them took the test and began helping her.

 He has 2 boys who live in the Dallas area and he is currently single.  Besides bridge, his hobbies include MMORPG computer games, golf, bowling, and chess.