W. David Stedman is the retired Chairman of Stedman Corporation and the author of this book, The Destruction of the Great American Dream. He was Co-Editor, with LaVaughn G. Lewis, of both Our Ageless Constitution and Rediscovering the Ideas of Liberty. Also, in the scientific field, he co-authored, with Dr. A.N. Vyssotsky in The Astronomical Journal, a research paper entitled Photovisual Magnitudes of 418 Dwarf M Stars and 34 Parallax Stars. He has served on numerous Boards dealing with Constitutional subjects, and has been a frequent lecturer on Constitutional and free enterprise topics. He holds earned degrees from Duke, Harvard, and Georgetown Universities. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of Duke University.