Glenn W. Fisher, born on a Missouri farm, was drafted at the age of eighteen. Wounded during the Siegfried Line campaign, he spent fifty-one weeks in an army hospital. He resumed h...view moreGlenn W. Fisher, born on a Missouri farm, was drafted at the age of eighteen. Wounded during the Siegfried Line campaign, he spent fifty-one weeks in an army hospital. He resumed his education by correspondence while in the hospital and later received three degrees in economics. He has been a professor of economics, business, political science, urban affairs, and public administration, and has authored or coauthored six books and more than a hundred journal articles and technical reports. He lives in Kansas with his wife, Marvel. They have three children and four grandsons.view less