The Willing : Gay Smith in his own words: I was born in Hayward, California; after high school, I joined the Naval Air Reserve and entered the electrical construction trade. I started my own electrical construction company in 1978. This became a large company doing large industrial jobs throughout the United States until my retirement in 2011 when I began writing. I am the author of the Warren Steelgrave series of five five-star novels and a book of short stories. I am working on the sixth in the series. In addition, I am an award-winning professional photographer with works in private and public collections and the holder of three patents. I was accepted to the 1983 Ansel Adams workshop to study with Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Lucien Clergue, and others. I also served as a member of the advisory committee for the Connections Leadership Project for the State of California from 1993 - 1995; I was asked to submit three articles. All three were accepted and published in the book Options. I have served on the Board of Trustees Saint Rose Hospital 2003- 2010 and Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Saint Rose Hospital. 2011- 2014. Currently, I serve as Director of Scholarships for the Peter Sategna Educational Foundation. A family foundation I established in 2008 that gives out fifty thousand dollars in grants every year. I have received the following honors; Elected into the Y.M.C.A. Hall of Partners1988, Outstanding Rotarian of the Year 1991, Vocational Service Award 2000, Community Service Award 2000, City of Hayward Business Award 2001, Hayward Volunteer Recognition Award 2001, Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition 2001, Directed the Ghana Well Project 2002 which installed three hundred wells in Ghana Gary