He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT for his thesis "The 4-part of the class group of a quadratic field", in 1974. His advisor for both his masters and Ph.D was Harold Stark.
In 1974, he received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT, with his thesis titled "The 4-part of the class group of a quadratic field".  His mentor throughout this process was Harold Stark for both his master's and doctoral degrees.