* Born - Brooklyn-Bensonhurst
* Formative years: Mount Vernon, NY
* Graduated AB Davis HS
* Graduated Drake University, BA
* Graduated Philadelphia College
           of Osteopathic Medicine, DO
* New Jersey Geriatric Educational Program - '92
* Graduated with M.Sc. from Columbia
University Institute of Human Nutrition at
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 10/99
* Past President of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine
* Testified at the United States Hearings on Nutrition and Human Needs
* Co-chaired by Senators Edward Kennedy and Eugene McGovern with lay chair person Jean Mayer,Ph.D.
* White House Hearings on Nutrirtion
* Testified in the hearings on Cyclamates and Saacharin
* Senior editor of the Journal of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine
* Past president of the Journal of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine