Bachelor of science in mathematics and electrical sciences from University of New Hampshire, 1974; master of science in biochemistry from New York University School of Medicine, 1978; doctorate of medicine and microbiology from New York University, 1981 and 1982, respectively; master of public health from the University of Alabama, 1988, Captain, USN; hobbies: Amateur machinist, math, jogging; until 2006 in the NASA Management - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, State Department, Washington, DC.