Bachelor of science in computer science from the USAF Academy, 1974; master of science in computer science, Texas A&M University, 1981; he is a former deacon and treasurer of his church in El Segundo, California; Major, USAF, Ret.; selected in 1982 for MSE group 2; applied for 12^th NASA astronaut selection group (not successful); later with Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida; 1992 - 1995 Director of Defence Information Systems Agency in the Pentagon; resigned from USAF in October 1995.