Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University, 1964; master of science in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, 1974; Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, 1978; master of business administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1987; 11 honorary doctorate degrees from various universities; Colonel, USAF; he flew 144 combat missions, including 65 over North Vietnam; test pilot at Wright-Patterson AFB; hobbies: Reading, swimming, jogging, raquetball, handball, scuba; in 1993 he retired from NASA to serve as General Manager of Engineering Services Division with NYMA, Inc. in Greenbelt, Maryland.