William Strabala

William M. Strabala was born in Iowa City, Iowa, during the Great Depression, the fifth of 13 children. He has lived in Colorado since graduating from the University of Iowa in 1962 with a Master’s degree in journalism. Now retired, in his communication career he worked for The Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, IBM, several public relations firms and Public Service Company of Colorado. He is author of several other books, reams of poetry, and dozens of songs, all unpublished. When not sculpting in wood, or words, he continues work on a musical production. Bill also holds two U.S. patents in the arena of environmentally sound energy-saving building materials. He is founder-president of Midway Environmental Associates, Inc. He and his wife, Rosalind, live in Arvada, Colorado. They have three sons and five grandchildren.