Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1973; master of science in biomedical engineering from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 1976; Colonel, USAF; selected in 1982 for MSE group 2; was assigned for STS-62A; later he served on Onizuka AFB, Sunnyvale, California; since July 2000 System Program Director, Defence Meteorlogical Satellite Program, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB.