No, he's not. And in the true spirit of the academic life....he's here and his wife is working on her master's at Brandeis in Boston. So they're quite the long-distance couple for now (were in Fairbanks, AK!).
And he's 6'4" and 150 lbs. Tall and SKINNY!

Thanks for the link.
And I did find my mysterious other link. It's this: http://www.bikewashington.org/routes/
D.C.-TE have done routes from here before.

Which reminds me....with spring around the corner...we'll all have to get together for a ride again!