Marty Yellin received a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from CCNY. In 1965 he joined Perkin-Elmer in Wilton, Ct. and they helped support his doctorate in Bio Medical Engineering at NYU applying engineering solutions to medical issues. At Perkin Elmer he became involved with a Top Secret program to design and build the largest spy satellite ever to be flown in space. In his last 10 years at Perkin Elmer he helped design and manage the Hubble Space Telescope which has been the most productive space instrument ever built. After retirement in 1998 he resumed taking courses at NYU in the fields of genetics and cell biology.