After devoting more than forty years to an academic career, in his retirement William Z. Shetter has been turning, in both writing and activity, increasingly toward contemplation. ...ver maisAfter devoting more than forty years to an academic career, in his retirement William Z. Shetter has been turning, in both writing and activity, increasingly toward contemplation. Most recently he is the author of Some Thoughts on Becoming Eighty-five. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).ver menos