Tony April in The Professor's Diary

A native of Lawrence, MA, Jay Barrett attended the US Naval Academy as well as Tri-State College where he received a degree in mechanical engineering. He worked for General Dynamics as a flight test engineer on jet fighter intercept guidance systems in the US and Europe. Subsequent to this, he worked with AVCO missile division as a project engineer prior to transitioning to the investment world. Jay also worked as a character model, golf instructor and was a championship squash player. His love of the sea led him to SCUBA diving, searching for shipwrecks in New England and the Great Lakes. The father of five, Jay now lives in Central Florida.