After earning his M.D. from the University of Illinois School of Medicine in 1974, Dr. Richard Swenson worked in private practice for five years and then taught for the next 15 years at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He is currently a full-time researcher, futurist, educator and author. His six books include the award-winning best-sellers Margin and The Overload Syndrome. Dr. Swenson and his wife, Linda, have two children and one grandchild.