Chuck was born in 1946 and raised in Naperville,
Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He graduated from Conception
Seminary College in 1968, but left his seminary studies at that point
and began a 33...view moreChuck was born in 1946 and raised in Naperville,
Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He graduated from Conception
Seminary College in 1968, but left his seminary studies at that point
and began a 33-year teaching career in the Cleveland, Ohio.
Spinner taught high school Social Studies classes for twenty-one years
in the Parma City School District and for twelve years for the Shaker
Heights City schools.
Chuck and his wife, Patrice, have been married 41
years. Their son Scott and his wife, Ellen, have two boys, Caleb
and Joshua, who are the apples of their grandparents' eyes!
Spinner was named a Jennings Scholar and a Jennings
Master Teacher Award recipient in 1979 and has also been designated as
a Kent State Read Scholar and a John D. Rockefeller Scholar.
Since their marriage in 1970 Chuck and Patrice have
vacationed each summer at Lake Chautauqua in southwestern New
York. In 1998 they realized a life long dream by buying a cottage
on the lake and now live there full time.
Spinner has always enjoyed writing and since
retirement has enjoyed creating articles in the program for the local
single A Jamestown baseball team. He also has composed a
religious song "My God has been good to me".
AuthorHouse published his first book, A Book of Prayers:
To the Heavens from the Stars (abookofprayers.com) in 2008.view less