Appointed for a fourteen year term of office pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 152 on January 1, 1988; reappointed for another fourteen year term on January 1, 2002.

University of Illinois, A.B., cum laude, 1968; University of Illinois Law School, J.D., 1971

United States Air Force, 1969

American Business Club, Union League of Chicago; Chicago Lincoln Inn, American Inns of Court; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; Federal Bar Association