Carolyn Becker was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana and attended Indiana University, where she received a B.A. in German. She continued her studies of German language and literature at the Un...view moreCarolyn Becker was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana and attended Indiana University, where she received a B.A. in German. She continued her studies of German language and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received her M.A. and Ph D. Electing not to pursue an academic career, she entered the University of Wisconsin School of Business to obtain an MBA. Dr. Becker worked for three years at the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau before entering the private sector, eventually becoming Chief Financial Officer for an American division of an international agri-business concern. Upon her retirement in 1999, she decided to devote herself once again to scholarship. Her research for this biography of Domingo Mercante took her to Argentina five times as well as to various libraries and research facilities in the United States. Dr. Becker lives with her husband Donald, an emeritus professor of German and Linguistics, in De Forest, Wisconsin.view less