Bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from the USAF Academy, 1974; master of science in astronautics from MIT, 1980; Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Ret.; 1982 selected for MSE-Group-2, was then assigned for STS-71B; later he worked for Defence Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB in Washington D.C.; later Systems Program Director for Intelligence and Information Systems, Hansom AFB, Massachusetts; was killed on 11.09.2001 on one of the airplanes that was hijacked (American Airlines flight 11 crashed into the north-tower of the World Trade Center) during the terror attacks against the USA.