“To know what a man is really saying, one must first learn to know what he is remembering. Psych 101 says we are what we have been becoming.”

Ace Lundon was born August 1, 1936 in Beresford, South Dakota at the home of midwife, Lydia Nelson, to parents Ray and Amy Lundberg; arriving only hours after Amy's father had died from a stroke. They named the child Adrian Raymond. Four and a half years later, he was joined by a baby brother, Manford Lee. The South Dakota farm became their playground and instilled a love for animals. Ace subsequently became a 4-H purple ribbon sheepman and a blue ribbon poultryman in the State. The farm labors established a set of work ethics that would follow throughout life. At age 17, he left home four days after being graduated from High School to create his own life and a career as a vocalist.

Further formal education covering a six year period was garnered at Pasadena City College, Citrus Junior College, Azusa Pacific University and the U of Minnesota with four Majors: English, Abnormal Psychology & Counseling, Social Science and Biblical Literature & Theology. Accompanying Minors included Psychometry, Journalism, History and Public Relations. Private studies included Voice and Stage Presentation under Harry Fields and Myrton Blackler in Beverly Hills, CA and learned the world of modeling under the tutelage of the William Adrian Agency and nationally known designer, Don Loper.

His love for poetry was instilled by his Elementary School teachers and his Aunt Minnie Abraham. He considers “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer, “It Couldn't Be Done” by Edgar A. Guest and “If” by Rudyard Kipling to be his life poems. His favorite book was implanted in his mind at age six by his grandmother Ida Westberg - - “Emerson's Essays” by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Ace has lived lifelong with what folks call “psychic abilities” and has had to learn to live and cope with unexplainable messages that cannot be founded upon reason. A life to death to life experience in his late teens set him on a quest for more answers and knowledge; guiding his formal education path and search for “truths”.

A lifelong Republican; he is an activist for human rights of women and minorities. Today, he is also considered amongst the pioneers for gay rights. He learned in the Fifties what it was like to be blackmailed and paid a high dollar plus subsequent fallout price. He believes that life in any kind of closet is a high security risk category. Closet living is a form of suffocation of one's true self.

His greatest political concern at this time is that the separation of Church and State remain firm lest we drift into a Theocracy. He spent a few years in the ministry in the late 50's/early 60's as an evangelist and Youth Pastor and co-founded Youth With A Vision, Inc., a ministry reaching out to musically gifted youth.

He has the first patentable design since the turban for a hat/headwear which he has called “The HandiKapp”© or “chapeau dans les mains actives” - - translating to the hat in the active hands.

Rejecting a full scholarship to the famed Pasadena Playhouse per the advice of hit mentor, the veteran character actor Morris Ankrum, Ace nonetheless spent three decades involvement in the entertainment industry. Early labors included vocalist - - from “the little boy with the big voice” to “the boy with the champagne voice” with Mr. Welk; modeling, as a lead runway model for Don Loper creations, plus photo shots and hand modeling. Mr. Loper gave him his PKA of “Don Adrian”.

In the early Sixties, he created and hosted what was called “the first male Dear Abby” radio show; a syndicated Show dealing with the problems of child/parent relationships and the crime and delinquency problems of the time. The Show was called “Ask Ace” and at that time, he was also involved in social work as a Staff Captain in the Volunteers of America in Minneapolis, MN, Rockford, IL and Los Angeles and the Bar None Boys Ranch, Anoka MN.

In 1964 he married Marilyn Jean Will who became PKA Jean London. They had two adopted sons plus foster children during their years together. And, in addition to their normal business in the Industry, they produced an historical record: “the longest running, only sustaining monthly Show in the history of the American Armed Forces” - - entertaining 750,000 Marines heading to and coming home from Vietnam at the MCB Camp Pendleton, California.

Ace was involved in Personal Management and Public Relations during that time with clients including Jane Darwell, Mahalia Jackson, Jayne Mansfield, Randy Boone, Andrea King, his wife Jean, et al. He eventually branched into an Agency co-owner booking bands nationally. And, as an Art lover, he served with Adela Rogers St. John on the Advisory Board of Gallery+, an art gallery on Melrose Avenue in L.A. and produced photography exhibits for Museums.

As a teacher, he created the curricula and taught a self help class for over a twenty year period in CA, NV, NM and SD locations. His “Acting For Everyone” class was taught in Adult Night School systems and in private classes. He also did substitute teaching on the High School level.

In the field of writing and journalism, he has been a freelancer, a syndicated columnist, reporter, movie reviewer and the Managing Editor of two national publications: Zipper Magazine, an avante garde A & E, and The Coast To Coast Times, a homophile newspaper with the 2nd largest circulation in the 70's in the U.S. His autobiography, “The Closets Are Empty . . . The Dining Room's Full”, now out of print, was published in 1993.

In 1989, in Reno, Nevada, his soulmate of thirteen years, Patrick John Algarin, died in his arms from AIDS. For medical reasons, they had moved from Truckee, CA where they managed with a friend the old Hilltop Hotel. Following many months of care giving and losing 40 lbs. himself without realizing it, Ace became a member of the Board of the Nevada AIDS Foundation after Patrick died. He raised over $10G for a memorial by walking around town since he no longer drove a car. In his “Through The Needle's Eye” novel, the AIDS virus is the “unseen enemy” that created the fear and havoc, along with a mutant virus strain, sending tens of thousands into “Containment Camps”. He also used the mutant virus as the instrument of revenge.

Ace jokes about his life being a “moving experience”; he has called home in as many spots as a military brat. Puyallup, WA, Minneapolis, MN, Rockford, IL, Ruidoso, NM, Laughlin and Reno, NV and the following in California: Pasadena, Altadena, Monrovia, Azusa, Sierra Madre, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Whittier, Van Nuys, Sylmar, Glendale and Venice. In 1959, a stint in Old Mexico and, following his divorce, he experienced living on the mean streets of L.A. for a number of months as a homeless person.

If you may desire Ace to be your guest speaker at one of your functions, you may request a topic of your choice OR select from the following. Ace uses the main theme of

About writing and becoming an author, child parent relationships, being an activist, death and dying, Hollywood behind the scenes, homosexuality, maturation, being in a closet, 80's AIDS care giving, unconditional love, Acting For Everyone, passion and visions, the psychic life . . . and of course his two new controversial novels.

Webmistress NOTE: Well, now we know who the model was for the Energizer Bunny! And, we didn't even mention Ace's “Cornstalk Project” vision which he continues to work on to bring the vision into a physical reality. So know what he might be really saying when you book him as a featured guest speaker for your Events.