1971 - 1975: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin

1963 - 1967: BS in Chemistry from the City College of the City University of New York

1986 - Present: Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)

1999 - 2009: Board of Directors of the Southern Section of the SPE

2002 - 2003: President of the Southern Section of the SPE

1994 - 1997: Board of Directors of the Thermoforming Divison of the SPE

May 10, 2008: Received the Carl Dahlquist Best Paper. Award from the Pressure Sensitiuve Tape Council (PSTC)

May, 2001: Received the Best Paper Award at ANTEC from the Composites Divison on "Wood Filled High Crystallinity PP Composites"

December, 1988: Received the First Annual Innovators Award from the Amoco Chemical Company for the Invention of Porous PP Film