Books By Donald Yates - Author

Donald Yates was born in Jersey City, NJ and graduated from the Choate School in Wallingford, CT in 1958. He then attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN where he graduated in 1962 with a B.A. degree in English. A short time later, Don joined the United States Peace Corps as an "early" volunteer and served in the Philippine Islands from 1962-1964 as an educator and administrator in a rural community. Upon returning to the United States, he met and married his beautiful wife, "Penny" (Mary Elizabeth Kelly), while beginning his career as an educator teaching English and reading at various private and public schools in northern NJ. He began his administrative work in the Irvington, NJ public schools where he was a Coordinator and a Curriculum Supervisor for nine years. During this time, Don earned his Master's degree in English from Seton Hall University, a Master's degree in Secondary Reading Education from Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University), and both a third Master's deg