Bachelor of science and master of science in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT, 1978 and 1979, respectively; Master of Business Administration degree from Michigan State University, 2002; Colonel, USMC, Ret.; hobbies: Flying, athletics, camping, fishing, woodworking, reading, amateur radio; he resigned from NASA to serve as Executive Director, Hughes Training Inc.,Houston, Texas; since 1997 he worked for General Motors in Sweden; was in the NASA Management - Principal Engineer, NASA Engineering & Safety Center, Langley Research Center; since June 2007 Deputy Director for Safety of the NESC.