Devolpi, Alexander

As author of "Lover, Soldier, Reprobate," I (Dr. Alexander DeVolpi) am the sole surviving son of Bonaventura Paul Weiss DeVolpi, the biographical subject of this book. I was born 1931 in New York City. My undergraduate degree was in journalism, received with a BA (1953) from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. My two technical degrees are from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg: MS, Nuclear Engineering Physics (1957) and PhD Physics (1967). Whereas my father's military career was varied and war-ridden, mine was comparatively passive, having served during the latter part...