Sixty years in 25 words or less, and I’ve already wasted twelve.
Spouse: Dr Mary E Richards
Education: BS, Physics, Westminster College; MS, Physics, Ohio University, PhD, Acoustics, Penn State Univ (President of the Grad Student Body).
Employment: USPO; General Dynamics; PSU Applied Research Lab; Rockwell International; US Coast Guard R&D Center; Bolt, Beranek and Newman; US Navy Underwater Warfare Center; Trustee Mystic & Noank Library.
Travel: Canada (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec, Vancouver), Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador (Quito, Galapagos Islands, Otovalo), Egypt (Aswan, Cairo, Luxor, Memphis), Ethiopia, France (Cannes, Lille, Nice, Paris, Toulon), Germany (Check Point Charlie), Hong Kong (while British and after), Japan (Kyoto, Nara, Nikko, Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama), Kenya (Aberdare NP [Treetops], Lake Nakuru [Flamingos], Nairobi, Masai Maru NP, Mt Kenya, Samburu NP), Macau (while Portuguese), Mexico, Netherlands, Peru (Cusco, Lima, Machu Picchu, Nazca), Poland, Russia (Lake Ladoga, St Petersburg), Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey, UK (Bath, Dover [Chunnel], Farnborough Air Show, London, Portsmouth), USA (50 states & DC).
Hobbies: Hiking, climbing, caving (life member, NSS), chess (life member, USCF), Mensa (SE CT Area Coordinator, life member), Othello (a founding Director of the US Othello Assoc. and a founding Editor of the Othello Quarterly), Sigma Xi (life member).
Claim to Fame: Brick in the Cuyahoga Falls Clock.
More Bios: Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities, Vol 40 & 41; Who’s Who Among Scientists and Engineers, 1st & 3rd Edition; American Men and Women of Science, 14th – 18th Editions; Who’s Who in the East, 17th – 25th Editions; Who’s Who in the World, 7th, 9th – 14th Editions.