Mac Cusiter was born at Lewisham, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, the year the second World War ended. His boyhood interest in science culminated in his graduating from Sydney University with a Doctorate in Physical Organic Chemistry. He began his professional life as a Chemistry teacher at Sydney Institute, and retired as Head of the Science Department. He has been a youth leader for much of his life, and in this capacity scripted and produced several feature length amateur movies in which young people were involved as actors and technicians. He lives with his wife Val in Sydney's northern sub...