Frederic Hudson, Ph.D., a Rockefeller and Danforth Fellow, earned his doctorate at Columbia University in New York, and taught at Colby College, Stephens College, and the University of San Francisco. He is respected as a recognized expert in adult change. As the founding president in 1973 of The Fielding Institute – the most innovative doctoral studies graduate school in America – he is widely respected for his contributions to adult training in management, organizational developmental and education.Hudson left Fielding in 1986 to establish The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, a learning organi- zation focused on the intersection of change and development in the lives of leaders today. “The existing graduate schools of today are simply unable to devote themselves to what is most needed as the world deregulates itself in the swirl of endless change: persons capable of entrepreneuring the future at every level of change –personal, career, work organizations, communities and beyond.”Hudson wrote The Adult Years–Mas- tering the Art of Self-Renewal (1992, revised 1999) Jossey Bass Publishers. In 1995, he co-authored The Joy of Old–A Guide to Successful Elderhood; and in 1996 he and his partner and colleague, Pamela McLean, Ph.D., wrote LifeLaunch–A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life, a book used as a text in college and university courses of adult life/career planning. His foundational book, The Handbook of Coaching (1999) Jossey Bass Publishers, identifies the critical knowledge areas, skills, and techniques required in professional coaching, and summarizes the major coaching theories from experts in the field.