Paul W. Fromer was born December 22, 1927 in Elmira, NY. Paul served as a staff member for InterVarsity in their Southwest Region. Later he became an editor of InterVarsity's HIS Magazine, He then was a professor of writing in Wheaton College's English Department for 26 years. During that time he also acted as Deputy Editor at Christianity Today. He was the editor for Billy Graham's book, Angels. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Margaret; and three children. He died on December 9, 2012 at age 84.