I graduated from Marblehead H.S. in 1966 and completed my Ph.D. in Engineering at R.P.I. During my career at General Electric I was a lecturer and adjunct professor at Union College Graduate School teaching engineering subjects. I always loved learning math and science and was gratified during my engineering career to see how often that knowledge was essential to my work.

I was the top math student in my high school graduating class, and did National Honor Society math tutoring to under-c...