About the Author
Dr. Irving David Shapiro

	as four college degrees: one doctorate, two master's, and one bachelor's.
	Held professorial rank in the USC Graduate School of Business Administration after a brief stint as a teaching assistant in statistics at Columbia University.
	Wrote two books on language, thinking, and communication, and one book on pro football running backs.
	Has had sixteen articles published in various publications, as well as an entire chapter from one of his books in Et Cetera, the International Society for General Semantics quarterly.
	Is founder and president of the Mens Sana Foundation.
	Is a member of Mensa.
	Is the creator and leader of the Mens Sana Foundation Socratic Discourse on Thinking and Communication.
	Was a consultant to several large firms.
	Was co-founder of a California Bank.
	Ran his own architectural and city planning firm.
	Was a stage actor, appearing in six plays.
	Had the highest tested-IQ of all the New York State graduating grade school pupils in 1934.
	Was student president of John Jay Toastmasters while at college.
	Was a Ford Foundation Fellow, a Harriman Scholar, and an Armand G. Erpf Scholar.
	Has been extensively interviewed on radio stations across the country.
	Has received many awards, prizes, and other honors – both academic and professional.
	Was a radio talk-show host and newsman.
	Is the founder and CEO of LyceumOnline, an Internet-based school.
	Wrote and broadcast a daily think-piece on radio for a number of years.
	Interviewed by the Oakland Tribune.