Tim Atsen came to the USA somewhat reluctantly as a married and well-rounded PhD student.
Retirement has also afforded Lyn the leisure to further his lifelong avocation: a fascination with history and literature..
Following successive careers as an academic (engineering) and scientist (at NASA), he retired into the happy bustle of nurturing his sixteen lively grandchildren.
Lyn Thomas-Ogbuji has lived a fulsome life of eclectic pursuits - soldier, scholar, teacher, scientist, and entrepreneur - in six countries on three continents.
But that soon unraveled, and Tim found himself facing a serious charge of bigamy.
Getting impatient to wait out a protracted visa quest started by the university, he got persuaded to delve into the murky world of quasi-marriage to a US citizen.
To keep that job, he needed US permanent residency.
He quickly achieved sterling success, ending up with a beginning professor\'s position in a city university.
Tim Atsen came to the USA somewhat reluctantly as a married and well-rounded PhD student
