I have been invited to join your very interesting slide study group and I am looking forward to an educational and fun experience. Just a little bit in the way of a biography and about some of my interests.

I am 58 years old, engineer, married to Ruth, grandmother of two. I currently am Manager of Engineering Systems for Marathon Electric, manufacturer of electric motors and generators. My responsibilities include managing all of the engineering computer efforts, primarily CAD and CAM. I came to Marathon Electric in April of 1994 after spending twenty-eight years with General Electric with Motors and Switchgear in various engineering capacities. I also get the opportunity to use the computer (IBM compatible) for many reports and presentations related to work. We are also looking into use multimedia to develop some Computer Based Training.

I am now in my fifth generation of a home PC, starting with a Radio Shack Color Computer (just a couple of years ago, ha ha) and now with a clone Pentium III. Some of my other hobbies are photography, started with some classes in 1991 and sports of several varieties, especially skiing in winter. This combination gives me an excellent chance to blend for example skiing and photography and now computers and photography.

As for as organizations I am a member of IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a registered Professional Engineer. I am also a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and my wife and I are a couple for the Big Brother/Sister program also being Junior Achievement advisers this past year.

I am the administrator for a snail version of this activity under the Techniques Division and have been a member of that group for about five years. I am anxious to get started in the internet version of Computer Imaging and will be happy to receive advice from anyone who is willing to give it.

I look forward to reviewing all of your work and look forward to your comments. Thanks for letting me be part of your group.

That's about the story. I have very recently dabbled in digital and started with the Nikon LS-2000 and HP 4300 scanners and an Epson printer. I do not yet have a camera and my work now is from prints, color negative and positive and black and white negatives all of which I have a huge supply!. I use Photoshop 5.5 which I am still just beginning to understand and use. I've got a long way to go to gaining any serious proficiency with Photoshop!!

Glad to be aboard PSA Online Study Circuit #2 and looking forward to this experience.