After earning his degree in Health Services Management from Golden Gate University (1984), he entered the U. S. Navy as a Health Care Administrator. He served in a variety of capacities, including: Radiation Health Officer for the eight nuclear reactor divisions of the USS Enterprise, Medical Clinic Administrator managing fleet support, Operations Management Officer of a 200- bed hospital and also, as a Financial Systems Analyst at Headquarters, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington D.C. He was awarded a MasterÆs of Science in Management with a focus in Financial Management from the U.S. Naval PostGraduate School, Monterey, CA in 1994. LCDR Canby retired from the Navy in 1999 having completed his last four years as the Financial Officer for the Naval Hospital at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA. He has experience as an Adjunct Professor, for Chapman University College, Northwest Campus in their Organizational Leadership program. He lives with his wife, two alpacas, and a dog on several acres on an island in the Puget Sound. Book jacket.