Dick Alescio is from Detroit, Michigan. As a city boy and a Boy Scout, he thought the woods were for hunting, fishing, camping, and land navigation. He was introduced to and pursued chemistry at an early age and graduated from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Chemistry Minor. He did this while serving as a Captain in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dick worked for Rockwell Standard Company’s Transmission and Axle Division, Allied Chemical, Department of the Army, and Scott Paper Company. He became a consultant with Schuchart and Associates, URS Consulting, Brown and Root, and Jaako Pory. He began his own consulting business, Alescio and Associates Inc. and provided engineering expertise for refineries, chemical plants, pulp and paper Mills, steel Mills, and power Plants including hydropower facilities. He has an active Process Research and Development Chemical Laboratory, where he is teaching twelve-year olds high school chemistry, and also has a Prototype Machine Shop.