Stuff about Joe Haldeman Born 1943 in Oklahoma City; grew up mostly in Anchorage, Alaska and Bethesda, Maryland. BS physics & astronomy, MFA writing. Vietnam draftee 1968-69, Purple Heart Writer since 1970, part-time professor at MIT since 1983. Married to Mary Gay (Potter) Haldeman since 1965 (A long time for the sixties generation!). Short biography (All you really want to know, but if you're ...