After PHS:
Attended The Academy of Aeronautics Graduating Jan 1967 with an AAS in Design Engineering.
Moved to Long Island in Jan 1967 and started working for an aeronautical defense contractor in Farmingdale Long Island. Attended Long Island University graduating with a BS degree in Engineering.
Married my wife Rosanne in July 1969.
Purchased property in Patchogue L.I. in 1971 then designed and built our house in 1972 where we have been living since.
Developed an interest/hobby in boating and the servicing of marine engines. Representing a local Marina, attended a school for servicing OMC outboard engines.
Purchased my first family boat in 1984, upgraded to a larger craft in 1985, my final, even larger, in 1987. Prior to my first Total Hip Replacement Surgery in 2004, I got out of boating entirely.
Retired from ITT Corp. in June of 2008