John Whitaker was born in India to medical missionaries. They left and moved to St. Catharines, Ontario when John was only six-months-old. He graduated from the Royal Military College and the University of Toronto with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent a first career in the military. He retired from the RCAF as a Major to a second career at Spar Aerospace and a third with the Canadian Coast Guard in Toronto and Sarnia where he headed the Marine Navigation Services Division. After fully retiring, he and his wife trailered through most of North America while John wrote much of the Dom...