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== __Chad Oliver__ ==

Chad Oliver, was a writer during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. He was born as Chadwick Symmes Oliver on March 30,1928. On November 1,1952 Chad married his true love Betty Jane Jenkins. He and Betty were happily married till his sudden death on August 9,1993.

Writing was a big part of Chad's life. But writing wasn't his only career, he was an professor at Texas University in the class of Anthropology. Chad was a very intelligant man. For both his masters and bachelors degree he majored in English and Anthropology in 1952 and 1952. Later in 1961 he recieved his doctorates degree in Anthropology at UCLA. He also won an award called the Western Genre Award for his novel "The Wolf Is My Brother."

Even with such a chaotic life style, he found time for writing. Most would assume that his writing would be about Anthropology, but wasn't. In his short story " The Transformer," his science background isn't reflected at all. His writing seems to have provided him with an escape into another world. His writing is easier for some people to related to. some may not agree, but some readers do. Unlike if he wroted about Anthropology in his stories, people can't relate to anthropology because most have not experienced it. It's easier to connect with his stories to me because it's like he goes out side of his regular life style, andmakes up another one. I think that what is so great about him, most people in his time loved his work. Most thought he was a good person all around, which i most definately agree on.