I was born in Tainan, Taiwan (1938), grew up in Japan (1945-1958), was granted a BS degree in Physics from RPI, Troy, NY (1958-1962) and PhD in Physics from Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (1967). Worked in materials science using electron spectroscopy, mostly at Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, NJ (1967-1998). Took piano lessons (1949-1957) and practiced almost every day, up to eight hours on weekends. Published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in major scientific journals and wrote about 1,000 internal company reports. Self-taught piano tuning.