Following graduation, Ron managed to fly for 26 years in passenger and cargo aircraft, including the C-118, C-121, C-123, C-130, and T-39. He also continued an academic quest at Purdue University in the electrical engineering graduate school, and returned to USAFA for a teaching assignment.

Ron returned to graduate school at Florida State University for a PhD in mathematics education. GATE time sent him back to Wright Patterson AFB to fly for a year; then, to serve as Assistant Dean at the AFIT School of Engineering and, later, the Executive Director of the Air Force Business Research and Management Center.

After retiring, Ron worked for The Analytic Science Corporation, but the call of academics lured him back to teaching at the University of Dayton.

Bob started collecting stamps as a boy, deciding to specialize in New Zealand stamps at the age of seven. In 1966, after a stint flying the B-52, he started a career as an airline pilot with TWA. That career move allowed him to continue his pursuit of philately. He become an expert and joined the Royal Philatelic Society London.

Bob is also a member of the National Postal Museum's Council of Philatelists and a signatory to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists. He is a member of The Collectors Club of New York, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand. From 1996 to 2000 he was President of the Grand Prix Club.

He was awarded the Crawford Medal (2005) of the Royal Philatelic Society London for his book The Stamps and Postal History of Nineteenth Century Samoa, the Lichtenstein Medal (1993), the Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award, the Collins Award, the APS Luff Award, and the FIP Medal for Service. In 2011 he was again awarded the Crawford Medal for his work The Postage Stamps of New Zealand 1855-1873: The Chalon Head Issues.

Following graduation, Wayne spent 5 years with the US Marine Corps, flying F-8 fighters, participated in the Cuban missile crisis, and served a 1-year tour in Japan (just missing Vietnam). He also flew F-8s and A-4s in the Marine Corps Reserve following release from active service in 1965.

Wayne was employed by Texas Instruments as a project engineer, then by ITT as a program manager from 1971 to 1988. He also founded three small businesses, including Family Business Office, which currently consults with closely-held businesses.

Wayne picked up a Masters degree from SMU and accumulated a "pile of other higher learning stuff" at UCLA and Wharton. He is a Certified Financial Planner.

Wayne is a big advocate for the restoration of the American Republic and has interests in UFOs and other high strangeness.