Major General, USAF; bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, 1977; 1979 selected for MSE-Group-1; he was assigned for STS-41H (cancelled after Challenger-disaster); 1980 master of science in business administration from the University of Santa Clara; January 2003 - February 2006 mobilization assistant to the commander, 20th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming; since February 2006 mobilization assistant to the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C..