Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from MIT in 1955; master of science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1961; four honorary doctorates; Lieutenant General, Ret., USAF; 49 combat missions over Southeast Asia; 1967 selected for MOL-3; retired 10.06.1969; 1984 - 1989 director of the SDI program; from 1989 - 1992 Executive Vice President of Hughes Aircraft; since 1995 he worked for White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; currently Chairman and CEO, StratCom International LLC; his wife Barbara Jean was killed in an air crash in December 1985; subsequently re-married.