Lad or "Gonza" is an imposing figure ever since. He was the Class President 'till graduation. He was the Regt'l Ex-O and also commanded the 1st Bn. CCAFP. In the service, he was picked from the Air Force as Technical Asst. to  USND, to the SEC. of Public Works and Comm., then to the President. He narrowly got his star just a few months before his retirement because when he was the Commanding Officer of the Security Group at the MIA, he foiled a Six- digit dollar sorting connected to a prominent Senator. When the carrier told him that Senator So-and-So knew about the shipment. His answer was, "So what?" Wife, Dr. Ched, is a professor in her Alma Mater, the University of Sto. Thomas.