- Born 19 October 1928, Sharpsville PA
- Died 28 March 2012, Silver Spring MD
- BA American University 1940
- MA University of Maryland 1952
- PhD June 1955, University of Maryland
- Adviser: Alexander Weinstein
- Dissertation: On a regular Cauchy problem for the Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation
- Primary employer: US federal government (various agencies); Assistant Secretary of Energy 1979–1981