Bachelor of science in mathematics from U.S. Naval Academy, 1971; Colonel, USMC, Ret.; USN test pilot school class 80; unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut group 10; Chief of Astronaut office; hobbies: Jogging, softball, sailing, woodworking, cycling, racqetball; Director of Human Space Flights, International Space Station Program Office, Russia; November 2002 - March 2004 Director, Flight Crew Operations, JSC; was Deputy Director, JSC; later director of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi; since mid October 2008 director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.