Civilian; bachelor of science in engineering;
University of California, 1955 - 1959 flight test-engineer at the Edwards
AFB; master of
science in mechanical engineering, University of Southern California, 1960;
1961 for
military
astronaut - class 1 selected; until 1965 Head of Vehicle Performance Branch
at the
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards
AFB; until 1974
Director of Propulsion and Performance Research; Vice President of Kohlman
Systems Research; his last employment position was President of Flitech Inc.
until his death.