Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid, City, South Dakota, 1982; master of science in space technology from the Florida Institute of Technolgy, Melbourne, Florida, 1986; candidate for Astro-2 APS; alternate payload specialist for STS-67; Hobbies: Music (keyboard), amateur radio, scuba diving, skiing (nordic and downhill); soaring; engineer at Kennedy Space Center; unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut groups 14, 16, 17 and 18.