Graduate of Tulsa, Okla., Central High School (1935), and Caltech (1940), BSME with Aero option. Commercial pilot, instructor rating, single & multi engine land, airplane & instrument (6,000 hours total time). Aero Engineer in management positions for most of 23 years with Convair in San Diego. One year with Aerocommander as V.P. & Asst. to the General Manager. Nineteen years with McDonnell Aircraft Co.: Last two & one half years before retirement as F-18 Program Manager at Northrop for McDonnell Aircraft Co.