Elton WelkeElton Welke graduated with a degree in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1962. In years following he served as Senior Editor and Executive Editor of Sunset Magazine, Travel Editor of Better Homes and Gardens, Managing Editor of partment Life Magazine, consultant to Ortho Books, and contributor to National Geographic Books, Insight Guides, Time-Life publications, and to magazines and newspapers nationwide. He has authored and/or edited books for Appleton Century, Doubleday, Chronicle Books, and Lane Publishing Co. From 1990 to 1998 he was Publisher of Microsoft Press. He presently serves on the boards of two companies in Beijing, China. Read More Read Less