Lee Hartshorne Lybarger, born and raised in Lakewood, OH, has a B.A. from the College of Wooster, two master degrees (Case Western Reserve Univ. and University of Illinois). He did alternative service under the Draft (Selective Service System) in Puerto Rico; race relations work in Cleveland; was an urban community organizer for the Presbyterian Church in Pakistan (1962-1971), an economic development planner for the City of Cleveland and City of Trenton, N.J., and a family financial agent for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. He has been married to Connie J. Diller since 1962. They have three children in Chicago, Russellville, Ark., and Berkeley, CA., and have four grandchildren. He and Connie have lived in Delaware, OH since 1996. He acquired his interest in photography from his father, and writing from his mother.