Married Juliet (Julie) Piner of Brookline, MA on June 28, 1958. Julie was my date at our Senior Prom. We have two daughters, Paula and Karen. Paula and her husband, Ken, have given us one granddaughter, Lauren, a blithe spirit who will be four years old in August, 2004.

B. S. Ch. E. from MIT in 1958. Lots of further education in the school of “hard knocks.”

Military Service: Four years of Army ROTC finishing as Commander of the MIT Army Cadet Regiment. Followed by eight years active and reserve duty. Transferred to inactive status with the rank of Captain.

After Army active service, started work as a production development engineer. Switched to technical sales, and in 1963 began work with a small, Amex listed company as a sales engineer in N.J. Developed an important number of applications for digital power dis- tribution components in computers and telecommunications systems. Resulted, during 1968, with my being sent to Europe for “a couple of years” to take over and re-organize, on a shoe- string budget, an unsuccessful Belgian licensee for these products. Traveled extensively in Western Europe, and in 1979 I was invited to visit Japan to work with our licensee there on market development and production methods. At the end of 1990, left the business with three European factories, more cash in the bank than the parent company, six product patents, and customers throughout Europe and overseas.

Subsequently was hired as V.P., European Operations by a NYSE listed firm to turn-around their European activities. Effort was successful, resulting in a take-over by our largest competitor. Stayed during a one-year transition period. Then left to attempt to turn-around an almost bankrupt Belgian small home appliance manufacturer for two large Belgian banks. Their venture capital subsidiaries previously had financed a management buy-out. Made considerable progress, only to have the effort torpedoed by an ill-considered public speech by a labor union regional secretary.

Following evaluation of a number of other possibilities, decided in 1998 to do long-term, in-depth research in the discipline of un-structured living. Found the field offers great possibilities for rewarding investigations!

Favorite vacation places: Paris and Provence, Tuscany and Venice, Boston and Cape Cod.

“Les bouts du monde”: Kongsberg, Norway, Paderborn, Germany, and Agua Prieta, Mexico.

Hobbies: Art, antiques, and un-structured living.

I think we truly were fortunate to be students at MHS. Now to receive the quality of education we had, one probably has to attend private school.