Master of science degree in aeronautics and
astronautics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1973; Master of
science degree in systems management, University of Southern California,
Plattsburgh, 1977; Doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1984; Brigadier General,
USAF,
Ret. since August 2004; at the time of selection stationed at Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio; semi
finalist in
NASA group 10 selection; currently dean of the
faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.