Nathan Mathewson Shippee is an entrepreneurial banker. He is also the founder of The Human Being Foundation, an inventor, an archeologist, and an author of philosophical essays. His book BEING, The Radiant Force Within, The Autobiography of My Soul was preceded by BECOMING, Coming Into Being and THE HUMAN BEING.Mr. Shippee was born on May 1, 1919 in Providence, Rhode Island, has four children and five grandchildren, and lives with his wife, Patricia, in Old Lyme, Connecticut.