Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Washington, 1967; Master of Arts in Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley, 1968; Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California-Berkely, 1975; at the time of his selection assigned at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, LaSerena, Chile; semi finalist in NASA astronaut group 8 selection; currently Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Missouri.