Thomas T. Fields Jr

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tom Fields was born and raised in the rural North Louisiana town of Farmeville. He graduated from Farmerville High School and at the age of sixteen he became one of the youngest committee clerks in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Following a tour of Viet Nam in the Navy he attended Northeast Louisiana University. He also graduated from the Louisiana Military Academy and received a commission in the U.S. Army Reserves. Following graduation Fields became a project engineer for the oil giant ARAMCO Saudi Arabia where he spent sixteen years designing and constructing oil and gas facilities. During the sixteen years he was catcher for the 13 time mid-east champs, The Dhahran Clippers. He also did extensive exploration of the fossisle beds in Saudi Arabia. Fields currently works for CenturyLink where he is a Corporate Project Manager.

Among his interests are SCUBA diving, motorcycles, kayaking, hiking and fishing.