Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the College of Staten Island, New York, President Emeritus of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA), co-founder of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV), and a board member of the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM). He is the author of "Mathematics and Global Survival", "Judaism and Global Survival" and "Judaism and Vegetarianism". He lives in Staten Island, New York.