Donald Arthur Hatch

Donald Arthur Hatch (May 20, 1930 – September 24, 2020) was a Canadian agrologist, aviator, writer, and humanist lecturer, born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

His father Arthur, who worked in the railroad industry, had a massive heart attack in his 40s as a consequence of rheumatic fever in infancy.

He and a group of like-minded thinkers founded the Humanist Association of London and Area (HALA) where he served as president for a decade.

"[2] He then offers examples of how this might be accomplished, building upon efforts that have even now been met with a measure of success, particularly certain Scandinavian countries (i.e., Sweden, Norway).

Donald Hatch has packed each page with knowledge and with thoughtful comments about our past and about the emergence of a hopeful future as we proceed from the path of religious superstition and supernaturalism into a more enlightened time.

"[3] For the cover of his book, Hatch chose the Renaissance work The School of Athens, as it depicts many of the great thinkers, Philosophers, and Scientists of ancient Greece, and pre-Christian Rome.