LidC.M._Surowiec_Jr.

I am trying to create a collection of books that had the greatest impact on my life and my enjoyment of reading. It all started in the 7th grade when a friend on mine offered me a book that most of the boys in the class were reading, The Sword of Shannara. After three weeks he checked in on me and I was to embarrassed to tell him that I was only on page fifty-two. So, I handed it back exclaiming how good the book was and had my mother take me to Walden Books later that day. It took me the rest of the school year to read it, all 726 pgs, but that began a life-long love for literature. Now, I can probably read that in a day. So Huzzah (cheers) to Mr. Brooks!

Charles Surowiec was born in Orlando, Florida. His family relocated to Los Angeles, California where he began school, but most of his childhood was spent in a small town in Upstate New York. He was an altar boy for many years and had the distinct honor of serving mass with Bishop Matthew Clark on a few occassions. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Buffalo with an Electrical Engineering degree. He obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Rochester, and has a published thesis on chaos theory and particle detection. He still resides in Upstate New York with his wife, three children, and a yellow lab named Odin. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, traveling, and training for triathlons.