Kevin RighterKevin Righter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, the University of Michigan and the University of California-Berkeley, where he received degrees in geology and geological science. His family is from te Philadelphia area dating back to 1680s (he is the ninth generation). Interest in the family history and the Philadelphia area was spurred by his parents, who started nearly from scratch and researched remarkable detailed history that even includes records in Europe. His great-grandfather Walter Righter worked at Pencoyd for nearly fifty years from 1885 to 1933, first as a mechanic, then as a supervisor and finally as superintendent of motive power. Righter is a planetary scientist living in Houston. Read More Read Less