Roderick J. Linton (Rod) received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah and studied at the IBM Systems Research Institute in New York City. He was employed by IBM in various engineering and management positions for fourteen years and was a co-founder of IOMEGA Corporation. He also served as the Director of the Office of Science and Technology for the State of Utah and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah State University Research Foundation. 

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While his professional background has been primarily in technology development and management, Mr. Linton has also served in local leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. These church service opportunities promoted a keen interest in the relationship between happiness and the presence of a forgiving spirit, exemplified in the lives of many of those he has served. His interest in these ideas led to the publishing of an article entitled “The Forgiving Heart” in the Church-owned magazine, The Ensign, in April of 1993. A continuing interest in this magazine article, expressed by many readers over the years, prompted him to expand his understanding of the forgiving heart into the present book.  

Mr. Linton lives in Holladay, Utah, and enjoys the wonderful blessing of a growing posterity.