Walter BeneschWalter Benesch was born in Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC, and raised in Connecticut. He earned his M.A. in Anthropology from The New School, studying under Ralph Holloway and Michael Harner. His early career included social work in Harlem and the South Brnx, and he was a foster caregiver to Nim Chimpsky, the chimpanzee in Columbia University's sign language experiment. Later, he earned a MSSS from Boston University and went on to serve as a senior official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. There, he led the development of The Y2K Management Plan for the Department of Defense. He retired after over 30 years of federal service, including work with the Department of Homeland Security. An active Freemason, he held high honors and lectured widely, with many of his talks featured on YouTube via Sapere Audi. Read More Read Less