Albert B DickasBorn in Ohio, Albert Binkley Dickas earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Miami University (Oxford, OH). After serving in the US Navy, he earned a PhD at Michigan State University and then worked in the petroleum industry. He then joined the faulty of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he taught for thirty-one years. Today he lives on the crest of Brush Mountain in southwest Virginia. He is the author of the wildly popular 101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See, also published by Mountain Press. Read More Read Less