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Places I've Lived

It has been an amazing journey coming to Amarillo, Texas. In my life I've traveled extensively around the world, visiting more than 30 countries and 49 out of 50 U.S. states. This is a chronological list of some of the places I've lived. Click here and see another list of the places I've visited during my world travels.

How come I've been to so many places? Well, you can read my life story.

1953 - 1971 Boonton, New Jersey
 I was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and grew up in Boonton, New Jersey until I was 18. Even before that, however, I traveled extensively with my parents all over the United States.
1971-1972 San Antonio, Texas In 1971 I graduated from Boonton, High School, in New Jersey, and then attended St. Mary's University in San Antonio. Here I married Gloria Medina and fathered Christopher Ryan Boyd, who still lives in San Antonio with his mother.
1973 Boonton, New Jersey Lived a short while in Boonton again after my first marriage split up.
1973-1975 Brooklyn, New York I joined ISKCON, the largest publisher of Eastern Philosophy books in the world, and became an entry-level employee. I stayed with the same organization for the next 29 years. Eventually I became a guru, sannyasi, president and CEO of Bhaktivedanta Manor, our European headquarters.
1975 Long Island, New York Along with my friend Edward Kelly (Adarsi dasa), established the first ISKCON center on Long Island, NY
1975-1976 Vrindavan, India
 Lived in India for a year, where I served as secretary to the President Aksayananda Swami, temple commander and head pujari. Also traveled selling books.
1976-1977 Tehran, Iran Traveled overland through Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran and Turkey, eventually settling back in Tehran for a year where I worked as an English language teacher and lived at the ISKCON restaurant in downtown Tehran.
1977-1979 Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford, England Served as chief recruiter/trainer at ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Manor for two years before transferring to our new headquarters at Chaitanya College in Worchester, UK.
1979-1982 Chaitanya College, Worcester, UK Here I continued heading up the largest ISKCON recruiting and training center in the world.
1982-1983
 London, England Served during this time as president of our downtown London center at 10 Soho Street, London. Accepted the sannyasa title in 1982 while visiting Mayapur, India and became recognized as an ISKCON world leader.
1983-1984 Brooklyn, New York On special request to establish a training center in New York, I returned to Brooklyn and lived at 305 Schermerhorn Street where I developed a highly successful program.
1984 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas Lived and traveled in a motor home for about six months selling books during this period.
1985 San Francisco, CA Stayed for about three months at ISKCON's downtown San Francisco center on Carls Street.
1986-1987 Berkeley, California After being honored as ISKCON "guru" in 1982 during a visit to Mayapur, India, I moved to Berkeley, California.
1987-1989 Seattle, Washington Stayed in Seattle. Became ISKCON regional secretary for Washington.
1989-1997 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Lived and traveled from ISKCON Vancouver, located in Burnaby, BC, an outskirt of Vancouver, Canada. During this time I became the ISKCON regional secretary for Western Canada and board member of ISKCON Vancouver. I traveled extensively during this period across the United States and the world.
1997-2001 Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford, England Temple President and CEO of the mansion donated to ISKCON by ex-Beetle George Harrison.
2001-2002 All over the world Lived in airplanes all over the world.
2002 Midland, Texas Met my now wife and moved to Midland, Texas
2003-present Amarillo, Texas Presently working as a correctional officer for the State of Texas.

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