Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Authors

Michael Gallagher was born in Denver, Colorado.  He went to school at the University of Colorado and began his teaching career while working for Proctor and Gamble in Japan.  But it was in high school where he learned about the world of speech and debate.  He worked as a speech and debate coach for twenty years.  Then, with the support of an open-minded school administration, he was selected to participate in the Fulbright program.