About the Author

Sam started his journey of letting go of myths and understanding the world as it is when he first read Carl Sagan’s The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.

He earned his Bachelors of English with a minor in History cum laude from the University of Maryland University College (now University of Maryland Global Campus) in 1992.

Sam has spent the past 40+ years educating himself with countless science books written for the layman on subjects as diverse as cosmology, physics, biology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy.

Sam saw a need for Tenets for Humanity because humanistic atheists as a group are not well-accepted in society and because they do not have the kind of reference that both they and others need to readily understand our values and principles.

Sam has been teaching adults and designing and writing instructional materials for 25+ years.

He was an active member of the Boulder International Humanist Institute (BIHI) from 1999 to 2001.

Sam lives with his wife and two children in Jupiter, Florida.