Mike is an MIT PhD who retired from GE R&D in 2000 as a manager of a laboratory doing research in power electronics. Since then he has served as president of the IEEE and worked as a consultant in energy related power conversion. At present Mike has been pursuing his hobbies of astronomy and photography as well as traveling on two “trips of a lifetime” each year. Mike recently has combined his hobbies of astronomy and photography and is taking astro photographs using his 6” and 14” telescopes in Wyoming.

Mike is now a resident of Wyoming and he and his wife, Virginia, split their time when not traveling between homes in the Adirondacks and Jackson Hole WY. Virginia and Mike also enjoy sailing, hiking and camping, and skiing.

Mike has been giving talks on a number of topics in astronomy and cosmology to groups in NY including Paul Smiths college, GE Global Research, and the Astronomy and Geology clubs in Jackson Hole. He also gives talks on Virginia and his travels and adventures, most recently of trips to Everest base camp, Spitzbergen and Antarctica.