T.R. Lazorishak (Luh-zor-shak), a Ukrainian-Slovak American, grew up in football-crazy Mercer County, Pennsylvania;
his now elderly Dad, Ted, was a high school Social Studies teacher/head football coach/college graduate & U.S. Army veteran; his Mom, Flo, sold vintage art glass (she is now deceased); after high school, T.R. enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, serving four years in the Security Police career field; he currently lives in the scenic Colorado mountains near Colorado Springs; his sister, Kim, is married & is a retired medical assistant also living in Colorado; the author, a fan of the Pitt Panthers & Air Force Academy Falcons, has numerous other short, historical booklets for sale on The Book Patch website/www.thebookpatch.com; go to the site's "Bookstore" & type in T.R. Lazorishak to see all his booklets for sale