Merrill "Sam" Keiser, Jr. currently works as an owner/operator of his trucking business.
He has had a very diverse background having graduated in 1970 from Colorado State University with a B. S. degree in watershed management. He fought forest fires and worked in soil conservation. He also received a Master of Divinity degree from Denver Seminary and has served as a minister.
Sam Keiser served in the United States Army as a topographical surveyor in Iran and in the infantry and in finance while stationed in Vietnam.
Sam Keiser also worked as a nursing home administrator in Missouri and in Ohio.
Sam's father taught Sam early the importance of looking to scriptures for answers to life's deepest questions and dilemmas. Sam has experienced a number of difficulties and sees each as a learning experience.
One of his favorite quotes is from Harry S. Truman, who said: "Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction."