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.