User:Dfrench
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French was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma and grew up in Piedmont, Oklahoma, a small farming community in central Oklahoma. His family was middle class; his father was an insurance salesman and home builder, his mother was a bookkeeper with several businesses in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. He has one younger brother.
As a boy growing up in a rural area, French spent much of his time engaged in outdoor activities, one of which included hang-gliding. He began hang-gliding at the age of 16 and was one of the first participants of this sport in the state of
French states that he has worked from the time he was 6 years old, beginning by mowing lawns with a reel-type push lawn mower. He has worked in a wide variety of industries including farming, aviation, petro-chemical, communications, health care, engineering, and several others.
While attending the
French Graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1983 with a B.S. Degree in Zoology.