Larry W. Ost grew up on a farm in North Dakota, where he learned the meaning of hard work and determination. He graduated from Jamestown College with a degree in Mathematics.
He then graduated from Kansas State University where he received a Master’s degree in Mathematics with a minor in Statistics. He and his family moved to California in 1968 where he began his employment at a major aerospace company. He retired in 2008 and moved with his wife to their mountain home in the Sierra foothills.