Semi finalist in the "Teacher in Space Project"; Bachelor of Arts from Providence College; Master of Arts from Bridgewater State College; teacher for English at the New Bedford High School, Massachusetts; worked with NASA in Washington, D.C., for a year-long fellowship about the time of the Challenger explosion; later he began working at the Challenger Center, a memorial institute; after 10 years at the center, he became an independent technology consultant in Fairfax Station, Virginia; later Chairman, LinkAmericas Foundation.