Duane Kolilis

Duane Kolilis grew up in Tacoma, Washington. He and his wife, Marlene Tynan, currently live in Black Mountain, North Carolina. His background includes a degree in Russian from the Army Language School in Monterey. During the Korean War he served as a Russian linguist in Korea and Japan, and flew in numerous B-29 hazardous-duty missions off the coast of Vladivostok. After the Air Force, he obtained a Ph.D. in psychology and worked as a licensed clinical psychologist in Oregon and North Carolina. Currently, he is retired from this profession.