•Presently working as Senior Research Scientist with BASF Corporation, Independence, OH.

John holds three scientific degrees to Ph.D. from Yale University and the University of Chicago.

•Graduate of Buchtel High School, Akron, OH

•Awarded US Patent 7727669 last year. …

•Previously worked for Ferro Corporation Technical Center, NASA-Houston

•Ball State University (Muncie, IN). Because of the shortcomings of our current educational system, the USA is being crushed economically by competition from other industrial or developing countries, especially Brazil, China, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Top quality education leading to technological prowess is the only long-term credible response. Merit pay for teachers in Akron Public Schools will help the economic renaissance.