Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 14, 1992 TAG: 9201110084
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
N.L. BISHOP
He was a Christiansburg policeman for 14 years, then left his job as an investigator three years ago to become the assistant administrator at the Roanoke United Methodist Home. A few years ago, he studied Henry Lee Lucas, a serial killer who grew up in Montgomery County, for a college paper on people's memories of Lucas and how his youthful experiences compared with the literature on serial killers.\ NAME: Nathaniel Leon Bishop.
\ NICKNAME: "N.L."
\ AGE: 37.
\ RESIDENCE: Lifelong Christiansburg resident.
\ WHERE EDUCATED: Christiansburg High, New River Community College, Radford University.
\ MARITAL STATUS: Married; wife's name: Sylvia.
\ CHILDREN: Two daughters and a son: Kimberly, 11; Raymond,17; and Doris, 19.
\ OCCUPATION: Assistant administrator of the Roanoke United Methodist Home, a continuing-care retirement community.
\ IF YOU WEREN'T THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER BE? A behavioral scientist.
\ WHAT'S THE WORST JOB YOU EVER HAD? Cleaning schools during a summer youth program. "What I hated doing most of all was cleaning gum out from under tables."
\ WHEN NOT WORKING,WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO? Play family games such as cards and Win, Lose or Draw. He also enjoys photography and playing basketball with friends. He plays the organ on Sundays at Asbury United Methodist Church.
\ LAST BOOKS READ: "Presumed Innocent," by Scott Turow, and "The Confessions of Henry Lee Lucas," by Mike Cox. Bishop's research on Lucas was credited in the author's preface.
\ FAVORITE MUSIC: Classical organ.
\ FAVORITE RESTAURANT: The Farmhouse.
\ WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT LIVING HERE? "The small-town atmosphere."
\ LEAST? The limited opportunities for advancement.
\ FAVORITE SPOT IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY: A place he discovered on a boat ride on Claytor Lake toward Allisonia.
\ WHAT CHANGE WOULD MOST IMPROVE THE VALLEY? "A willingness on the part of people to be more open - adopting and adjusting to equality."
\ WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER BE? "Nowhere. I've had opportunities to leave and have passed them up to stay here."
\ WHAT'S THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU? "Having this job opportunity."
\ WHAT'S THE SMARTEST THING YOU EVER DID? Finish school.
\ DUMBEST? Not staying in college full time after getting a two-year associate's degree in police science from New River Community College.
\ WHAT'S YOUR WORST HABIT? "A heavy foot."
\ THREE THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR: Milk, cheese and grape juice.
\ WHAT BUGS YOU THE MOST? "People who approach green lights like they're red" and "tractor-trailers who pull out to pass on inclines."
\ WHO DO YOU MOST ADMIRE: "My parents."