He was born in Toledo, and received his doctorate in 1982 from The Ohio State University in Banach Spaces. Before coming to BGSU in 1987, he had taught at Wayne State and Texas A&M. He was Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics 1999-2007, and was an active member of the Ohio Section.  He had 3 PhD students and wrote a widely acclaimed graduate textbook on Real Analysis.  He retired in 2011.