Author Biography
M. Randolph Mason is a retired Army combat engineer officer. However, as the son-of-a-son-of-a-sailor, he grew up in a Navy family, on and around the waters of Chesapeake Bay and Florida. In his lifetime he has lived in twenty-two different locations, including five years in Europe, and is conversational in three languages. He has a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Old Dominion University and a Master of Science in Geophysics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is an avid sailor yet he enjoys the creative arts as well; painting nature and nautical themes in watercolor and playing several musical instruments, including guitar, piano, trumpet, harmonica, and washtub bass.
