Sayers,+Ken+W.

Biographical Information:
Dates: 1942- Dates in Ridgefield: 1971 – present

non-fiction writer, naval officer, editor, speech writer,

Ken W. Sayers is a former Navy officer who served on board a Pacific Fleet destroyer escort and on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). He has written or co-authored three books and numerous articles for such publications as U.S. Naval Institute //Proceedings//, //Sea Power//, //Dictionary of American History//, //Armed Forces Management//, and //Aerospace Historian//. In addition, Mr. Sayers has been the editor of, or principal writer for, several industry books and reports, including //Missiles & Spacecraft//, //Code Name Handbook//, //World Aircraft Forecast, Electronic Systems// and //Industrial Lasers//. He has led research teams for McGraw-Hill/DMS Inc. and Lulejian & Associates, managed international public affairs for American Cyanamid, and, in a 30-year career with IBM, served as a senior executive speech writer, corporate spokesman and managing editor of __www.ibm.com/history__. He resides with his family in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and cruises on his boat //Cisco// on Long Island Sound.

Titles:
//Anchors and Atoms: The United States Navy Today (co-author), 1974// //It Was a Very Good Year: A Cultural History of the United States from 1776 to the Present (co-author), 1994 // //Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels, 2012 // //Sea Cloud and Skinner, (in-progress, December 2015)//

–Sources: Ken Sayers, personal communication; Amazon