- 1971
- B.A. in Mathematics, Reed College
- 1971-1982
- Ranch hand, carpenter, electrician,
self-employed artisan, musician, teacher's aide,
counsellor, tutor, maintenance supervisor,
various other occupations in Oregon, Washington, and
British Columbia.
Learned arc welding, violin playing, and COBOL.
- 1982-1984
- Mathematics teacher in Bangassou, Central
African Republic.
Floated a dugout canoe five days down the Ubangui river. Learned
French, Sango, Nzakara, and Arabic. Repaired school buildings damaged
by termites.
- 1984-1996
- Computer analyst, Bureau of Land Management,
Lakewood, Colorado.
Specialize in the most complex and mathematically difficult programming tasks.
- 1989
- M.S. in Applied Mathematics, University of
Colorado. (Specialty: Statistics)
- 1994
- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of
Colorado. (Specialty: Applications of Probability to
Optimization. Thesis: "Smart Simulated Annealing.")
All the usual academic stuff: publish papers, give talks, referee for
professional journals.