Michael D. Oates

Michael David Oates (1939-2009) was an American author and educator known for co-authoring French language textbooks such as Entre Amis with Larbi Oukada and Personnages with Jacques Dubois, as well as Earth Science Success: 50 Lesson Plans for Grades 6-9 with his daughter Catherine Oates-Bockenstedt. Born in Shelton, Connecticut, he married Maureen O'Leary in 1963 and resided in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he passed away at age 69.[1]