Garry Wilmore
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Government |
| Occupation | Court administrator |
| Location | Chandler, Arizona, United States |
| Introduction | Married, 2 children. Active member of LDS Church. Served mission in Guatemala-El Salvador, 1972-74. Graduate of BYU (BA, History, 1979; JD, 1983). Presently employed as Family Court Attorney Case Manager in the Maricopa County Superior Court, Phoenix. Previously worked as attorney and court interpreter. My wife once remarked that she didn't quite know what to make of a husband who loved Dante -- AND "Calvin & Hobbes." |
| Interests | Reading, bicycling, swimming, baseball, all things Italian, Dante, languages, travel, history in general, literature, Renaissance, World War II, Florence, Latter-day Saints, photography |
| Favorite Movies | Patton, The Natural, Tea with Mussolini, Field of Dreams, To Kill a Mockingbird, Judgment at Nuremberg, Dr. Strangelove, Come September, Silverado, Exodus, The Magnificent Seven, The Longest Day, The Great Escape, Titanic, The American President, High Noon, Oscar, Shall We Dance?, James Bond |
| Favorite Music | Opera, religious music, oldies, movie soundtracks, classical, Cecilia Bartoli, Caroline Madsen, Anna Netrebko, Andrea Bocelli, Renee Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Maria Callas, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Celtic |
| Favorite Books | Bible, Book of Mormon, Divine Comedy, Life of Samuel Johnson, Not So Wild a Dream, Don Quixote, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, American Caesar, Pilgrim's Progress, Profiles in Courage, Dante in Love, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Jesus the Christ, War and Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, I Rode with Stonewall, O Jerusalem, The Guns of August, Les Miserables, Dreadnought, Eleni, Peter the Great |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
I'd take up astronomy as a serious hobby, as it has the power to make the most conceited among us feel pretty insignificant.