Terry is a Certified Senior Industrial Technologist, a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, and elected into the College of Fellows of the U.S. Metric Convention. His hobbies include carpentry, cabinet making, tool and die, auto body, gunsmithing, and square dancing. The NewBasics, What is Technology Education, Add Polymer Composites to your Curriculum, Putting the 'M' in Manufacturing, Basic Skills, Industrial Technology Curriculum, Robotics Seminar, An Overview of Polymer Composites, Polymer Composites in Your Future, Implementation of Industrial Technology Cluster Curriculum, Acitivities for the Cluster Curriculum, Industrial Technologies for Elematary Education, South Dakota Cluster Curriculum, Cluster Approach to Industrial Technology, to mention only a few. He has also addressed many seminars over the course of his career. Another of his important contributions include obtaining many Federal, State and local grants for further research, improvement of academic programs and acquistion of equipment.
Terry is active in community service.
He is a member of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, NSU liasion to regional agencies to promote outreach programs and economic development. He served on the Aberdeen City Planning Board for ten years and served as chair for five years.