From Ogden, Utah, Mr. While went to California, graduated from Stanford, worked as a cabbie, service station, attendant, and newspaper reporter, He is now a writer on the staff of the NEW YORKER.
A graduate of Stanford, Wallace While began his writing as a reporter on the Salt Lake TRIBUNEin 1952. Seven years later he joined the staff of the NEW YORKER and has been there ever since.