Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 29 February 1952

                                           Vital statistics: height 1.73 m, mass 75 kg

                                           Degrees: B.A., Biology, Brandeis University, 1973; B.S. with Honors, Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 1976;
                                          

                                           Current position: Pharmacist, Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, TX  USA

                                           Interests: writing; weightlifting; fitness; pharmacy; U.S. changeover to metric system of measurement

                                           Some favorite films: Ben-Hur (1959); Glory; Dances With Wolves; Darby O'Gill And The Little People; Forrest Gump

                                           Some affiliations: member, Midland Centennial Lodge No. 1448, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Midland, TX;   Texas Society                                            of Healthsystem Pharmacists; U.S. Metric Association, Inc.; Non-voting Member,Committee for Maintaining IEEE/ASTM SI 10*;                                                    Member, IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 14**

                                           Some favorite quotes:  "There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring: impatience and laziness."   -Franz Kafka

                                                                                   "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and                                                                                         lesser persons than yourself."  ---Desiderata, 1927




*This joint committee of IEEE and ASTM is responsible for maintaining the primary American National Standard on metric practice, IEEE/ASTM SI 10-2002, Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI):  The Modern Metric System.  The standard is updated regularly, with the next edition scheduled for 2007. 

**SCC14 studies questions regarding quantities, units, and systems of measurement, with particular emphasis on the International System of Units (SI), and it prepares recommendations and standards on those matters.  It is responsible for providing current information on quantities and units to all organizations preparing IEEE standards, and for assisting all IEEE organizational units, as requested, in implementing IEEE Policy 9.19, Metric Policy (formerly numbered 9.20).

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