Born in Tacoma, Washington, graduated from Fife High School, spent four years, three months and 22 days of active duty with the US Navy, then attended and graduated from Green River Community College with an AA degree, Western Washington University with a BAEd, and Seattle University with an MEd (purposefully chosen because of a perceived lack of math and did not have to take the GRE?s ? a test that has lots of math and English in it), spent four years, three months, and 22 days on active duty in the US Navy, twice climbed 14,410 foot Mt. Rainier, once bicycled around Oahu, has a wife and two sons, four cats, one dog, and a love-hate relationship with a 1960 Austin Healey and a 1957 Chevrolet. Should the astute reader do a web search on the author?s name, please be aware that this Jon Arnhold is definitely not the same John Arnhold, billionaire, that pops up from the web search.