His education includes a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Villanova University and a legal degree from The John Marshall Law School. He also studied epidemiology at the School of Health of the University of Texas. His real interest in history began after college when he discovered that he was living in the middle of a battlefield (Germantown, 1777). His interest in the Holocaust began in law school where he studied the trials of the Japanese war criminals and the Nuremberg trials. Currently he and his wife are members in good standing of The First Continental Regiment of Foot (Recreated for 1777) where he is a member of the History and Authenticity Committee and serves in the line as a private soldier.