Biographical Notes

John Migliavacca

Born Galveston, Texas 1942. Married to Josephine Williams. Retired chemical engineer. Likes classical music and opera, hiking in the wilderness. Two children: Toni, at Dell Computers in Austin, Texas, and Julian, process engineer at Mustang Engineers, Houston. john@migliavacca.com

Born Pavia. Historian specializing in postal history. Author of 14 books, numerous articles. Recipient of numerous awards for philatelic research. Now living in British Virgin Islands. See www.islandsun.com/aflamstamp.html, www.islandsun.com/251299/features1-v3i14.html, www.geocities.com/Vienna/8917/Persiani.html. e-mail: issun@candwbvi.net

Born Palestro (Pavia). Degrees in literature from University of Turin (with honors) and in management and marketing from Business School Bocconi. Winner of 12 national and international literatary prizes. Has held posts as journalist, communication and image director, President of GUS Press Office for Journalists, Councillor for Associazione Stampa Subalpina, Communication Professor, various positions with Fininvest and Mediaset Group, now Public Relations Director for Yahoo Italy. e-mail rosella@it.yahoo-inc.com

Born Milano 1964. Specialized in hi-tech devices, in particular in LCD displays (since 1988). Ex-designer of power plant control systems now working in a major Japanese electronic manufacturer as marketing manager.

Main hobbies are scuba diving (rescue level), motorbike riding and general aviation flying.

Plays the bass guitar in a R&B band.