About the author
The Author attended St. Louis Jesuit High School, Brown University and one year of LawSchool at Washington University. Although first in his class for that year, he quit to takegraduate courses in English Literature and become a reporter on the re-write desk for the morning newspaper in St. Louis. Soon thereafter, he moved to New York to work for Time, Inc., and then became a free-lance writer and creative director. His work included documentaries, video scripts, speeches, articles, TV commercials, special shows and exhibits for museums and Amusement Parks, such as Busch Gardens. He provided concepts, themes, continuity, skits, lyrics and executive addresses for major corporate shows. In those endeavors, he collaborated with top Broadway talent. As a speech writer, he consulted with the CEO's and other officers of many Fortune 500 companies and with State and Federal Officials. His extra-curricular activities included amateurBoxing, Riding (Foxhunting, Rodeo, etc.), Football (All Prep & First String All-District Greater St. Louis Area)