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.

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
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