Since completing my PhD in 1972, I have worked for the National Radio
Astronomy Observatory first in Charlottesville, VA and, since 2000, in
Socorro, NM.  The NRAO contracts with the National Science Foundation
to build and operate large astronomical telescopes at radio
wavelengths as a service to the world.  We run the 100-meter diameter
GBT in Green Bank, WV, the Very Large Array in Socorro, NM, and the
Very Long Baseline Array which is spread across the U.S. from Hawaii
to St. Croix.  We are also building the Atacama Large Millimeter Array
at 5000 meters elevation in Chile.  Scientists from all over the world
propose projects for our telescopes and, if they are granted time, use
them free of charge.  My title is Scientist, but I have primarily been
engaged in designing, developing, and supporting a large software
package called AIPS which is used by these scientists to reduce their
data to a publishable form.  This software system is now over 31 years
old and is still in widespread use!  The American Astronomical Society
granted me a prestigious award for this work in 2005 and I am still
actively working on it.  On a more personal level, I was married in
1967, divorced in 1982, and now live alone with my four cats.  I have
no children, but I am blessed with a beautiful, 7-year old
God-daughter.