He married Eleanor Wright and worked as a telephone repairer for a year, until, with the help of the GI bill, he took a degree in electrical engineering at Cornell University, New York state (1950), supplementing his income by running the university's radio transmitter and the electronics for their
Cold Spring Elementary School Santa Barbara CA 1950-1951, Montecito Elementary School Santa Barbara CA 1952-1957, Santa Barbara Junior High School Santa Barbara CA 1957-1959