Who Teaches the Teachers?

I thought it appropriate to begin a series of posts on the people that have been my teachers in life.

First, Alan Watts.  In my dad's book I found a copy of The Way of Zen when I was in college and soon had read the 20 or so other books Alan Watts had written that I could find in local libraries.  Nearly a decade later I had purchased his audio collection of lectures and spent months listening to his teachings.  A huge influence on me.