Colonel, USAF, Ret. Candidate for MOL-2 and MOL-3. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. Affiliated with the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Pershing Rifles and Eta Kappa Nu. He became a student test pilot with the Aerospace Research Pilot School as part of Class 66B, but is said to have left before the class graduated. He was a graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.