 He is also a bonded locksmith, a life member of the American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWI), a member of the Massachusetts Watchmakers-Clockmakers Association (MWCA), a member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (ATMOB), and a member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).Gerald Sussman is married to computer programmer, Julie Sussman.She is an MIT graduate and has also studied many languages including French, Russian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Hebrew, and Serbo-Croatian.