Timothy Nusbaum was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. He had a keen interest in science as a result of TV media exposure as a lad and also read space-related science fiction. Timothy attended Bowling Green State University for a Construction Technology with Engineering and Design as a minor study. He migrated to Florida to follow building construction opportunities after the great blizzard of 1978. He raised three kids and too many pets and was a race car driver for 25 years.