Lieutenant Colonel,
USAF,
Ret.; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences, United States Air Force
Academy, 1979; Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1986; Master of Science in Management, Golden Gate
University, 1991; at the time of selection stationed at Edwards
AFB,
California; semi finalist in
NASA group 14 selection; later instructor at the
USAF
Department of Aeronautics; currently flies for Delta Airlines. With Andrew
Thorne, he was the recipient of the Herman R. "Fish" Salmon Technical
Publications Award in 1998.