John Norberg is a writer, author, humorist, and chronicler of the human condition. Retired as director of communications for development at Purdue University, he began his humor column in 1971 while working at Indiana's Brazil Daily Times. The column appeared in the Lafayette Journal and Courier from March 1973 to October 2014. He has received more than fifty state and national reporting awards. A nationally respected, award-winning speechwriter and public speaker, he also is the author of seven books, including Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer, which details the story of astronaut Jerry Ross. Additionally, Norberg has written articles for various national publications, including the Saturday Evening Post, USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, and Time magazine. He was most recently honored with the prestigious Purdue University Special Boilermaker Award and was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame for a lifetime of work.
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Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Charles Walker Chapter Two: Loren Shriver Chapter Three: Gary Payton Chapter Four: Donald Williams Chapter Five: Richard Covey Chapter Six: Roy Bridges Jr. Chapter Seven: Jerry Ross Chapter Eight: Guy Gardner Chapter Nine: Janice Voss Chapter Ten: John Blaha Chapter Eleven: John Casper Chapter Twelve: Mark Brown Chapter Thirteen: Michael McCulley Chapter Fourteen: Gregory J. Harbaugh Chapter Fifteen: David Wolf Chapter Sixteen: Mary Ellen Weber Chapter Seventeen: Mark Polansky Chapter Eighteen: Andrew Feustel, Scott Tingle, Loral O'Hara, and Beth Moses Notes Index