Donald F. Gingras (S'68-M'68) received the B.S. degree from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, in 1968, the M.S. degree from Northeastern Unviersity, Boston MA, in 1971, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, San Diego, in 1986, all in electrical engineering.From 1968 to 1971 he was with Raytheon, Submarine Signal Division, Portsmouth RI. From 1971 to 1990 he was with the Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA. Since 1990 he has been with the SACLANT Undersea Research Centre in La Spezia, Italy.