Everett B. Cole

Everett B. Cole was an American science fiction writer, professional soldier, and later a high school teacher. Born in Jamestown, New York, on April 17, 1910, he served in the U.S. Army, fought at Omaha Beach during World War II, and retired from military service in 1960 after work that included duty as a signal maintenance and property officer at Fort Douglas, Utah.

He began publishing science fiction in 1951, starting with "Philosophical Corps" in Astounding. That story grew into his best-known book, The Philosophical Corps (1962), a fix-up novel built from linked stories. Much of his fiction appeared in the great digest magazines of the period, and it is often remembered for mixing action, satire, and problem-solving with a distinctly military flavor.

After leaving the Army, he earned a degree in math and physics and taught math, physics, and chemistry at Yorktown High School in Texas. He died in Yorktown, Texas, on August 21, 2001. Reliable sources turned up biographical information, but I could not confirm a suitable portrait image from his Wikipedia page, so no profile photo is included here.