Chamberlain was born in Virginia in 1930. He graduated from U. Va. with a B.A. in History and a secondary teaching certificate in Science. He has taught at both the secondary and the adult vocation...view moreChamberlain was born in Virginia in 1930. He graduated from U. Va. with a B.A. in History and a secondary teaching certificate in Science. He has taught at both the secondary and the adult vocational school levels. Most of his working time, however, he spent in the oilfields, servicing communications equipment used by the major companies operating in and around the Gulf of Mexico. He has been married twice and is the father of two sons by his first wife who died. He is retired but still volunteers. He lives now in Texas. Chamberlain has traveled extensively in this country, western Canada and Mexico, as well as visiting overseas both the U.K. and the Iberian peninsula. He speaks Spanish fluently.view less