Bachelor of science in electrical and electronics engineering from Oregon State University, 1988; Master of Science in Aviation Systems from University of Tennessee Space Institute, 1998; Commander, USN, Ret. (in October 2008); naval aviator on NAS Oceana / Virginia; hobbies: Weight lifting, snow skiing, bicycling, fishing, hiking, playing guitar. On February 5, 2007, his love triangle to Colleen Shipman and NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak became public, when Lisa Nowak tried, to abduct her rival Shipman.