This page provides a few things about me, and links to some of the things that I find important and interesting...

Family, culture, and history

• d'Onofrio/Donofrio Genealogy website My website on my paternal grandfather's family from San Potito Ultra, Italy.
• Caggiano and Palermo Genealogy website My website for my paternal grandmother's family from Potenza, Italy.
• Bair and Hughes Genealogy website My site for my maternal grandfather's family originally from Zurich, Switzerland; Alcase, France; England; Wales; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and other locations.
• Lange and Kiesow Genealogy website And my maternal grandmother's family from Pomerania, Prussia; Wisconsin, and other locations.
• Ancestry.com
• Ellis Island website
• Castle Garden website
• Bär Surname International DNA Study
• The Long Surname DNA Project Including Longe, Lang and Other Variations

Genetic Genealogy

• my Genetic DNA website Contains information on my deep genetic ancestry and basic information on how this was analyzed.
• Y chromosome DNA database - My ysearch ID is XKNX6.
• Mitochondrial DNA database - My mitosearch ID is Q8PTJ.

Helping out

• My lender page on Kiva.

Connecting

• On LinkedIn.
• On Facebook.

Music

• Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group By far my favorite musician.
• Alan Parsons and the Alan Parsons Project Another favorite musician of mine.
• Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons
• Eddie Jobson
• UK - In the Dead of Night fan site on UK
• Eddie Jobson's new group UKZ

Aerospace

• NASA
• JPL
• The Planetary Society
• Lockheed Martin
• The Apollo Project
• North American XB-70 Valkyrie
• North American X-15
• Rockwell International Space Shuttle
• The Grumman Lunar Module
• The Lockheed SR-71
  
• Space Shuttle - Worked on the software, general purpose computers (GPCs) for IBM Federal Systems Division.
• McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 - PVA, C prototype.
• McDonnell Douglas F-15E - F-15 E3 and E6.
• McDonnell Douglas New Aircraft Products Division
• Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
• Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady
• Lockheed F-22 Raptor

Automotive

• Lotus Cars USA
• Lotus Esprit Factfile - Favorite vehicle of all time!
• Ferrari - we can always dream, right?
• Maserati
• Jaguar - I love the XK-8 and XK-R.
• Triumph TR-7 - my first car was a blue 1976 Triumph TR-7.
• Pontiac Fiero - next car was a black 1984 Pontiac Fiero.
• Mazda RX-7 - my next car was a black 1989 Mazda RX-7.
• Honda Prelude Type SH - after that a red 2000 Honda Prelude SH.

Travel

• Europe - Working on this section. First trip 1996.
• Europe - Working on this section. Second trip 1998.
• Europe - Working on this section. Third set of trips 1999-2000.
• Europe - Working on this section. Fourth trip 2003. Bath/Stonehenge England.
• Asia - Working on this section. Trip September 2008.
• Favorite spots - Working on this section. Santa Barbara, San Diego/La Jolla, Sedona, Palm Springs, Princeton, Santa Fe, San Luis Obispo.
• Favorite National Parks - Working on this section. Yosemite, Zion, Sequoia, Bryce, Kings Canyon, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef.

Education

• Morris Hills High School
• Department of Aerospace Engineering - Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• McCombs School of Business - University of Texas at Austin
• Europe 2000 program at Manchester Business School - Exchange program in 1998.