Michael D. Mullins, a native Hoosier with roots in the mountains of Southwest Virginia.  After serving his country in Vietnam, he attended a small college in that region and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree.  He married while in college, returned to Indiana, and started a family.  He and his wife are the parents of two sons and five grandchildren.  He completed a second undergraduate degree while working full time for a steel producer.

Mullins has served his community in a variety of service organizations.  He was also a member of a local school board of trustees for sixteen years and established a local scholarship committee.  He is a member in good standing with Military Writers Society of America.

He was and is a believer in all that is good about the United States of America.