Ph.D.; at the time of his selection assigned at University of Connecticut, Storrs. Arye was a child-survivor of the Holocaust, and this informed every aspect of his life. In spring 1945, as Arye turned three, the Soviet Red Army drove German forces out of Slovakia and Arye was reunited with his parents. After the war, the family lived in Košice, Czechoslovakia for three years before relocating to Israel in 1948. Arye, his parents and his baby-brother arrived in Israel in 1948, the year Israel was recognized by United Nations as a country. He served 7 years in the Israeli armor core and left the military as a decorated war hero in 1967, after which he came to America to attend college. He studied aeronautical engineering and attained his BS at the University of Florida, then his Masters and Phd at MIT. He worked at NASA, then as a professor/researcher at the University of Connecticut, MIT, and TUFTS University, then he moved to Bell Labs in NJ, where he met his wife, Peggy. Semi finalist in NASA astronaut group 8 selection. He was multi-talented and had many interests; he played the harmonica, trumpet and piano. He was a private pilot. He loved telling jokes and performing card tricks.