Paul C. Jorgensen

Paul C. Jorgensen was born in Illinois. He majored in math at North Central College, and the University of Illinois. In 1985, he received a Ph.D. from Arizona State University. During his 20-year industrial career, he spent three years working and living near Milano, Italy. His daughter, Kirsten, was born there. After eight years in Arizona, the Jorgensen family moved to Rockford, Michigan, where all editions of his testing book were written. He has been teaching graduate courses in Software Engineering at Grand Valley State University since 1988.

In 2000, Paul visited the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where he has come to know many Lakota people. Over the years, he has brought more than 180 computers to young Lakota people and youth centers. June 2013 will mark his 14th year visiting and helping out at the Porcupine School (Pahin Sinte Owayawa) in Porcupine, South Dakota. The Lakota people held an honoring ceremony for him for his work and donated computers (See the Star Quilt photo).

Paul is married, has four children, and four grandchildren. His friends and colleagues know him for his wide repertoire of jokes and illustrative stories. When he has time, he enjoys woodworking and sailing.