Background
Bechis, Kenneth Paul was born on July 22, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Zenon Krispin and Helen Aldega (Usevich) Bechis.
Bechis, Kenneth Paul was born on July 22, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Zenon Krispin and Helen Aldega (Usevich) Bechis.
AB with honors, Harvard University, 1970. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, University Massachusetts, 1976.
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Laboratory of Electronics, Cambridge, 1971-1974; senior physicist, Radiometric Technology, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1974-1976; site manager, Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1976-1978; senior research associate astronomy Department, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1976-1979; member technical staff, TASC, Reading, Massachusetts, 1979-1980; section manager, TASC, Reading, Massachusetts, 1980-1982; department manager, TASC, Reading, Massachusetts, since 1982; acting division director, TASC, Reading, Massachusetts, since 1992. STARLAB STS-50 payload specialist astronaut, 1987-1990. President WHRB, 1968-1969.
Alumni interviewer Harvard Club of Concord, Massachusetts, since 1988. Little league coach Concord-Carlisle (Massachusetts) Youth Baseball, Concord, 1990-1994. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Astronomical Society, International Union Radio Scientists, International Society for Optical Engineering, Sigma Xi.
Married Donna Sharon Friedman, June 5, 1976. Children: Seth, Bret.
