Is a Chemical Engineer and business owner, specializing in the field of Adsorption Process Engineering for the removal of potentially harmful elements and compounds in the petrochemical field, through the use of selective adsorbents. B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1970, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts M.B.A., Systems Management, 1976, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio French, Spanish Union Carbide Corporation: Development Engineer - Activated Carbon, 1973-78 Staff Engineer - Design & Field Technical Service – Molecular Sieve Dept., 1978-82 AIChe - Member