More About Me
The sections below provide a summary about me, my family, NASA career, bicycling history, and health history. The links on each section will send you to a more detailed page.
Me and My Family
I’ve been married to my beautiful and amazing wife Kristy for 37 years. I have 2 boys (Matthew, 35; and Jeff, 33 – neither of them ride ☹). I also have 2 grandsons, ages 7 and 5.
My NASA Career
I’ve worked at NASA Armstrong (formerly Dryden) Flight Research Center as an aerospace engineer and project manager since September 1976. I retired from civil service November 30, 2012 after over 36 years of service. I went back to work for a NASA contractor in July 2015 to be a Mission Manager for the two NASA’s ER-2 airplanes. My last full-time day was July 31, 2017. For one more year, I worked part-time, primarily from home, until I re-retired for good on Sept 30, 2018.
My Bicycling History
When I was a junior at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO), I was co-oping at NASA Dryden at Edwards AFB. My first century was the 1980 Lighthouse Century. It was a week after I bought my first bike since high school – a Univega Gran Premio. I got to ride with the Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo cycling teams. It was an amazing ride and I’ve been hooked ever since. My first double century was the 1982 Tour of Two Forests (ToTF).
My Health History
During January, 2019, I was shockingly diagnosed with Stage 4 Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL), a non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. I started chemotherapy treatments at the end of March. After three monthly treatments, a PET scan in June showed that I was clean. I went to the City of Hope to have a blood test called Minimum Residual Disease (MRD). That test came back negative confirming that I was in full remission.