{"id":26,"date":"2025-12-05T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-12-05T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:56:15","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/author-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/author-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/author-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/author-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/author-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/author.jpg 1761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the ninth \u2018Joseph Mickle Fox\u2019, I have always felt a need to live up to my ancestry. I am not one to say much about my own story but now, at age 102, I feel somewhat relieved of this responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a fine career, at Kellogg and Bechtel, as a chemical plant and refinery design engineer and fossil fuels expert but I felt the need to move on when I retired in 1992. I had found Fox family connections in Britain and followed these up with DNA testing. I continue to administer the Fox Y-DNA Surname Project at FamilytreeDNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have written three family history books, backed up with genetic testing, and was an Oakland Museum Art Docent for twenty years. I feel best when pursuing relationships with family and friends. I like to keep occupied and this book is a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether all this provides a guide to longevity, I\u2019ll leave up to the reader. I\u2019ll admit to being an exercise addict, avid gardener and eating well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:260px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the ninth \u2018Joseph Mickle Fox\u2019, I have always felt a need to live up to my ancestry. I am not one to say much about my own story but now, at age 102, I feel somewhat relieved of this responsibility. I had a fine career, at Kellogg and Bechtel, as a chemical plant and &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the Author&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2065,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","no-comments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLUS\/857128\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}