| Born: August 7, 1933 in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| First SF Publication: |
Peace With Honor, Analog, May 1971 |
| First SF Novel: |
A Spaceship for the King, Analog serial, December 1971 - February 1972 |
| SFWA President: |
1973-1974 |
| Jerry was the first winner of the John W. Campbell Award in 1974. |
| He has been married to Roberta Jane since 1959 and has four sons and a daughter. Among his numerous non-SF related interests, he is Chairman of the Citizen's Advisory Council on National Space Policy and writes a popular column on computers for BYTE Magazine. |
| "Before I die, I want to be able to say: 'My generation gave mankind the planets and the stars; and I was part of it.'". |
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Jerry Pournelle