Paul Ginsparg received a B.A. in Physics from Harvard University (1977), and a doctorate in theoretical particle physics from Cornell University (1981), advised by Kenneth G. Wilson. He was in the Society of Fellows at Harvard from 1981-1984, then a faculty member in the physics department at Harvard University until 1990, a staff member in the theoretical division of Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1990-2001, and Professor of Physics and Computing & Information Science at Cornell University since 2001. He has authored papers in quantum field theory, string theory, conformal field theory, and quantum gravity, and in 1991 started the e-print archives (now arXiv.org, with over 2.75M submissions). He has served on too many committees and advisory boards to remember, and has received various awards, including Macarthur, Radcliffe, and Simons Fellowships, and most recently the AIP Karl T. Compton medal for outstanding statesmanship in Science, and the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research.