Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Ret.; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences, United States Air Force Academy, 1979; Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986; Master of Science in Management, Golden Gate University, 1991; at the time of selection stationed at Edwards AFB, California; semi finalist in NASA group 14 selection; later instructor at the USAF Department of Aeronautics; currently flies for Delta Airlines. With Andrew Thorne, he was the recipient of the Herman R. "Fish" Salmon Technical Publications Award in 1998.