RICHARD ASTRO began college at Oregon State University and has been in universities ever since as a graduate student, faculty member, and academic administrator. He is provost emeritus and distinguished professor of English at Drexel University. DONALD KOHRS is the branch library specialist at the Harold A. Miller Library of Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. His current research areas include the history of Pacific Grove's Chautauqua Program, Stanford University's Hopkins Seaside Laboratory, the Hopkins Marine Station, Edward F. Ricketts, Jack Calvin, and the Steinbeck and Hamilton families.
