Roger died March 18, 1997, in Las Vegas. He was born May 2, 1934, in Boise, Idaho. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 1956 and the Stanford Law School and was a senior partner for a law firm in San Francisco. Roger served with U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam and remained active for 31 years retiring as a colonel in 1987. He jumped at McCall 1953-56.