Bachelor of Science in meteorology from Texas
A&M University, 1970; Master of Science in meteorology from University of
Michigan, 1973;
Ph.D. in meteorology from Texas A&M University,
1983; Major,
USAF,
Ret; at the time of his selection assigned at Scott
AFB, Illinois
with the Military Airlift Command; semi finalist in WOSE I (Weather Officer in
Space Experiment); did not reach the final selection; 1991 - 1999 SAIC's
(Science Applications International Corporation) lead meteorologist and Site
Manager at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) at Offutt
AFB, Nebraska;
later senior scientist and program manager for SAIC at their Cape Canaveral,
Florida office.