About the author
John Trotter grew up through high school in Wadsworth, Ohio, delivering the local weekly paper, working in a shoe store, and learning to fly a Piper Cub from a small grass runway. He attended the University of Kansas from 1958 through 1962, graduating with distinction in Aerospace Engineering. He migrated into the computer field and worked in both the aerospace and medical industries, and, for a while, as a part-time salesperson for the world’s first retail computer store. He holds the Certificate in Data Processing (CDP). Later in life he became a chaplain, certified by the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP).
He has two children and 6 grandchildren and is currently an ancient student at the Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA).