Brigadier General,
USAF,
Ret.; Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in
1960; bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the University of
Illinois at Urbana in 1959; master of science in mechanical engineering from
the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in 1966; master of science
in administration / management from The George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., in 1972; 1963 as military astronaut - class-4 selected; flew
combat missions in Vietnam; was director of development and production in the
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C; 1980 retired from active duties;
then manager at Northrop Corp. in Hawthorne, California and teacher in a
college; recreational interests include tennis; he later lived in Manhattan
Beach, California.