Major General, USAF Reserve, Ret.; Bachelor of science from U.S. Naval Academy, 1955 and master of science in Nuclear Engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson, AFB, Ohio, 1962; completed Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program, 1979; resigned from NASA on 01.09.1969; 1976 - 1977 US ambassador in Norway; then Senior Executive Vice President of Operations, Textron Inc.; 1989 Chairman and CEO designate of the General Dynamics Corporation; in 1994 he left General Dynamics; hobbies: fishing, flying, camping, skiing.