Walter Sivertsen received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1959 from St. Bernardine of Siena College in Loudonville, New York.

College was followed by service in the U.S. Navy at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, doing research on a biological dosimeter for radiation exposure.

After discharge from the Navy, he worked for Abbott Laboratories for 29 years. During most of that time, he performed, supervised, and developed chemical quality assurance testing of Abbott products. In 1986, he resigned his position with Abbott as a Reference Standards Chemist.

After a year in seminary, he rejoined Abbott, providing technical support for new product development of eye care products. He retired in 1993.

He has been a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for over 30 years, and while working at Abbott Labs, he was certified as an ASQ Quality Engineer.

Mr. Sivertsen realized his need of a Savior and was born-again in March, 1950, at a Word of Life Rally. He later served in a local church for 35 years as, at various times, adult Sunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent, financial secretary, treasurer, and board chairman. In December of 1987, he graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois with a Certificate in Biblical Studies.

His life-long hobbies are astronomy, bird-watching, and studying the creation/evolution issue. Mr. Sivertsen now volunteers with the Lake County Forest Preserve District as the volunteer Bluebird Administrator. He also serves Midwest Creation Fellowship (MCF) as President, Speaker Bureau Coordinator, Speaker, Assistant Librarian, and the main author of MCF’s Newsletter.