Achieved Commercial Pilot's License, 1950, Spartan Schoolo of Aeronautics, obtained Ground & Flight Instructor ratings,US Army 1951-53, Obtained Single & Multi Engine Land & Sea ratings, Instrument rating,employed with FAA N.Y. Air Route Traffic Control Center 1957, at Idlewild Airport,(today, JFK Arpt)New York Center moved to present location MacArthur Airport, Islip, Long Island, NY. Retired 1980, recalled after Controllers Strike in 1981, retired again, 1999 after 41-years of government service. Was Original Founder(1974)of Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Built many dioramas for American Airpower Museum, Republic Arpt, & Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY.

1970,FAA,Point with Pride Award 1970, saving a Twin Commanche directed to land at Williamsport,PA. Arpt just as engines quit. FAA Quality Performance Cert. 1971-- FAA Special Achievement Award 1974-- Teacher's License University of the State of New York, 1980-- Adelphi University, BS degree, 1981-- Plaque FAA NYARTCC Certificate of Appreciation Oct 22/23 1983-- Plaque FAA NYARTCC Conducting Air Show July 1974, Large Plaque, Certificate of Appreciation, FAA, NYARTCC, Outstanding Accomplishments in Radar Training, 1985-- Plaque,Cetificate of Appreciation,FAA Eastern Region, for Professionalism and Expertise Safety in the Skys, 1986. Original Founder of USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in NYC, which became a National Monument.

Recently Self-Published (7/2006) my book-- Intrepid's Odyssey: My Story Behind the Creation of the Intrepid Museum... Written articles: When Enemy Subs Roamed off Long Island. Vanishing Airports on Long Island, published in FAA World. Story of USS Block Island CVE-21, and Almost Doomed, published in AOPA Pilot Magazine, May 1998.

Intrepid's Odyssey:
Story how I conceptualized the idea of a museum on an US Navy WWII decommissioned Aircraft Carrier as an Aeronautical and Naval Memorial Museum