User:Jan Complace

As of September 2008, I am a newbie as a contributing user. I have been an enthusiastic reader of Wikipedia for several years. Wikipedia fulfills a promise that was made to my wife and me by an encyclopedia salesman in 1969, who offered us the opportunity to ask any question of their service. They would research it and send us an answer. How inefficient! How costly! We couldn't afford it then, but now here it is! I have spent my entire life in learning mode and have made my career in academia, including authoring scholarly publications. I look forward to making useful contributions to this intellectual resource I love.