George Leonard

A native of Georgia, Leonard received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina and Doctor of Humanities degrees from Lewis and Clark College and John F. Kennedy University. He served with the U.S. Air Force as a combat pilot in the South Pacific during World War II and as an intelligence officer and magazine editor during the Korean War. He describes his adventures along the human frontier of the 1960s in his 1988 memoir, Walking on the Edge of the World. His latest books include The Life We Are Given, and The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei.