Steven Schoner:  

Steven is from Flagstaff, Arizona. He is married. His schools include Ganesha High School. He later attended Northern Arizona University (Geology/Philosophy). He works(ed) at PetroSlides. Music Steven likes includes Arlo Guthrie, Chuck Berry, Bach. Books he likes include Nuclear Physics, Theology, meteoritical. TV shows he likes include This Week..., National Geographic and Discovery Channel, Meet the Press. More about Steven:"I am a recognized meteorite expert; and a founding member emeritus of the International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA). I moved the famous Clyde Tombaugh House (discover of the so called "dwarf planet" Pluto) from its original location to my property and am in the long process of restoring it. So far an 8 year endeavor, it is almost done. Self employed, I currently make petrographic slides under the trade name "PetroSlides" a company owned and managed by my wife of 33 years, Diane Schoner. My Hobbies also include restoration of vintage Geiger counters scintillators, and astronomical observations of the sun with a home made solar heliostat telescope. In Jan. 2003, I suffered a major life threatening illness, ADEM (Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis ), which has left me disabled. A cubic inch of my left brain was removed in a major biopsy after I slipped into a coma. I was given no hope for survival, but by the Grace of God, I came out of it. With a strong will and stamina, I am able to work part time producing petrographic slides for research, a process that took me 7 years to learn on my own. The illness that nearly took my life was a life changing event in a life of many diverse changes. Yet the physical debilitation that it left me with, plagues me to this day. After coming out of a coma, having had an near death experience, I had to relearn much of what I once took for granted. Learn to speak. walk, and write, ever re-learning and learning new things since. I rarely ever get ill, but my immune system reacts very badly when it gets assaulted. The first major life endangering illness came in the Summer of 1975 when I nearly died from a un-diagnosed condition to my liver. It was a very traumatic event in my life an...Expand for more