Bob Sinclair

I grew up in Auburn, Maine and lived in the same house (built by my father) from the time I was born in 1965 until I graduated from Edward Little High School in 1983.  My mother grew up in New Brunswick, Canada and moved to Maine as a young adult. In Maine, she married my father, a Maine State Trooper who died of a brain tumor when I was quite young. My mother's longest career was as an elementary school teacher, mostly in Auburn, where she lived in the family house until passing away in 2018.

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After graduating high school, I joined the United States Marine Corps, and served until 1986. I didn't see too much of the world, only being stationed in North and South Carolina. When I got out, I returned to Maine and completed my undergraduate education at the University of Maine at Farmington in Farmington, Maine. I then moved to Detroit, Michigan, where I completed my Master's and Doctoral degrees at Wayne State University and began my professional career. Since then, I have lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, and currently in Piedmont, South Carolina.

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My wife Amy and I married in 1998; we have a daughter, Mya Joy (currently 16) and a son Max Logan (currently 12). Amy has a Masters Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a J.D. with a specialization in employment law. She currently serves as the CEO of our family and for the last 10 years managed an inclusive homeschool co-op that has helped educate our kids and many others in the area. Prior to moving to South Carolina, Amy worked for several years as a human resources consultant for a small consulting firm and as an internal organizational development consultant for a hospital system. Most of the rest of my family lives in northern New England. Amy's family lives in and around Kansas City, MO.

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I enjoy both playing and watching sports as well as fantasy sports. I am getting too old for playing much these days but my favorites are basketball, softball and skiing.  I am a life-long Boston Red Sox fan, having attended my first game at Fenway in 1975. I also grew up with the Boston Celtics and became a big fan of the Portland Trailblazers while we lived in Portland, although I have really gone back to focusing on the Celtics as the team I watch the most in any sport. Since my wife is from Kansas City, we follow the Kansas City Chiefs in football (mostly Amy) and, of course, the (national champion) Clemson Tigers.

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My work and family life keep me busy enough that I don't have time for too many hobbies and interests, when we have free time it mostly involves house projects or working out. I enjoy a wide range of music, with some of my personal favorites being the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Led Zepplin, the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and acid jazz/chill music. Playing guitar is a passion of mine and my main hobby. I have played guitar and bass in several jazz/rock bands over the years, bands with names like Upstroke, The Others, Naked Squirrel (not my choice!), Studio 909, Blaming Amy, Eyes of the World, Saints of Circumstance, and currently, Tangled up in Blue - a group that plays classic rock in configurations ranging from acoustic duo to a full electric quintet.  

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