 He attended Francis T Maloney High School, where he was the editor of the yearbook, was voted as "Most Likely to Succeed", and was the class valedictorian.While attending the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, Hyman met future bandmate and composing partner Eric Bazilian and producer Rick Chertoff.In the late 1960s, Hyman and Chertoff, along with local singer David Kagan formed a band called Wax, who recorded an album in the early 1970s.