I graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Chemical Engineering.  I worked for seven years as a chemical engineer  for TRACOR before coming to U of H to teach Math.

This is Ray Hutchinson.  He retired from the U of H Math Department a few years after I was hired.  There was time for us to serve on several committees together. He started at U of H in 1936!

This is Andy Aucoin.  Andy saved my life.  I was in Austin working for a company called TRACOR and my wife was working in the Craft Center at the U.T. student union.  Every day I walked to the student union and had lunch with her.  I was supposed to start at U of H in September, but, because Andy had a stroke, I came in June to cover his summer school courses.  Otherwise, I would have been crossing the plaza in front of the U.T. tower just when  Charles Whitman was shooting from the top of the tower.

For my midlife crisis, instead of buying a red sports car, I went back to school and got a law degree.  I recommend that.  Law school is a lot of fun if you are not having to compete for grades.  (It seems to be pretty stressful if you are competing for grades.)

My latest personal interest is watching Japanese anime and reading Japanese manga.  I am taking a course in Japanese at the Japan-America Society of Houston.  I am now trying to learn my alphabet.