Robert Benjamin Ham is the instructor for the Masonry Program at Valley Vocational-Technical Center in Fishersville, Virginia. He holds a Bachelor�s degree in Agriculture Education and a Collegiate Professional License from the Common wealth of Virginia. He is also a licensed and insured masonry contractor and the lead masonry teacher for the Virginia Department of Education�s Trade and Industrial Education. He has received numerous awards, including the Valley Vocational-Technical Center�s Outstanding Teacher Award, and the 2002 Virginia Association of Trade and Industrial Education�s Outstanding Teach of the Year Award.