Bachelor of science in mathematics from the University of Maryland, 1968; master of science in Meteorology from the University of Utah, 1973; Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Utah, 1980; Professor of Meteorology at the Plymouth State University; Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Ret.; at the time of his selection assigned at Offutt AFB, Nebraska with the Air Force Global Weather Central; semi finalist in WOSE I (Weather Officer in Space Experiment); reached not the final selection.