Lieutenant,
USN, Ret.;
test pilot; Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval
Academy, 1970; Master of Science in aerospace engineering from Georgia
Institute of Technology; Master of Science in aeronautical systems from the
University of West Florida, 1972; at the time of his selection assigned at
Strike Aircraft Test Directorate, Naval Air Test Center, Code SY90 Patuxent
River, Maryland; semi finalist in
NASA astronaut group 8 selection; later he completed a
law school; since 1982 with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP.