BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR RALPH DUFFY

     Ralph Duffy holds a B. A. from the University of Michigan and an 
M.S. from the Pennsylvania State University. He has worked as a statistical
consultant and programmer / analyst for Pennsylvania State University, 
the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Purdue University. He is 
currently an instructor in the Computer Information Systems Department of 
North Seattle Community College. He has taught introductory and advanced 
Visual Basic college classes for one and one half years. Mr. Duffy has 
completed the Microsoft Corporation training courses in Visual Basic, and 
has taught many Visual Basic classes to college instructors at meetings 
and conferences in the state of Washington.

     Mr. Duffy also is the Director of the IBM Technology Transfer 
Center in Seattle. This Center, in cooperation with Microsoft 
Corporation, provides training in computer applications for the faculty 
and staff of colleges throughout the Northwest, including the University 
of Washington and Seattle University.

     Mr. Duffy is the author of the following college textbooks: dBASE 
Ill Plus SmartStart, Excel 4 for Windows SmartStart, Excel 5 for 
Windows SmartStart, Excel for Windows 95 SmartStart, and Paradox 
SmartStart. He is the co-author of Understanding Microcomputers, and 
Paradox for Windows SmartStart. He is the author of Introduction to 
Programming Using Visual Basic and is currently working on a second 
Visual Basic programming book.