John Paul went from the Iowa State Architecture program to Purdue to complete a Master's degree in Structural Engineering.  After Purdue, he lived in Chicago for 3 years, working downtown for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.

He currently lives in Des Moines with his cat, Buber, and is finishing up a multi-year project of remodeling an old 1918 house near the Waveland golf course.  After the house is done, he gets to start making the furniture.

John Paul has been working for a local structural engineering company, Charles Saul Engineering, for the last 5 years.  They do a wide range of projects throughout Iowa and the Midwest.  Some notable projects are the Figge Art Museum in Davenport and the Reiman Gardens Conservatory in Ames.

When not at work, he likes to spend vacation time in the mountains- snowboarding in the winter and backpacking in the summer.  Some mountains which have been climbed are Long's Peak in Colorado and Mt. St. Helen's in Washington.  There are many mountains on the "to be climbed" list.