I was born in Houston, Tx. My parents came to the US in December, 1938 from Vienna. It was very difficult for them to leave at that time. My father, Walt was a banker at the Creditanstalt Weiner Bankverein in Vienna. They came to the US with my sister Marion, who unfortunately died in Texas at the age of five. My brother Larry was then born in 1940 and I was born in 1942. I now live in San Luis Obispo, Ca with my wife Marian, and my children Lauren and Walter. I also have a daughter, Nikki, from my first marriage. I received my BS in Industrial Engineering from Lamar Tech and MS in Industrial Admin from Purdue Univ. Worked at Ford Aeroneutronic, the RAND Corp, UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Amer Medical International, and Principal of John Gilbert Company, healthcare executive search.