R C “Chuck” Larlham attended the same small country school district for his entire childhood, graduating in a senior class of seventy-six. He was accepted at prestigious Hiram College, but he found himself in academic difficulty after two years. Thus began his trek through a life of changes that constantly amazed, perplexed and educated him. With his brother, he joined the US Army for three years, spending one of those in South Korea and most of the other two in San Antonio, Texas. He reentered Hiram College, met the prettiest girl on campus (the Luvly Laura), became her Educated Hick and married her. They moved to Utah where he earned his Master’s in Environmental Science at Utah State University. 

After a year at Seiberling Tire, he became an urban environmental planner, then a private consultant. When hazardous waste issues began heating up, he specialized in the regulations covering them, bringing clients with such problems to the consulting firm. For the past twenty years Chuck has worked as an Environmental Engineer for a major Midwest Public Utility. Now a widower, and after some reflection, he decided it was time to put his stories of growing up into a book to be a legacy for the children of his generation. Thus "The Old Man and Me" was born.