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1942 Crossett, Ark., during the spring of changed! Word comes from Herb 1946. Cliff and Don needed only one Winer, Ph.D. ’56, that just one M.F. Dick Jorgensen, D.F. ’54, writes: academic year to earn the M.F., and was among 120 candidates for “Gayley Atkinson is at Foulkeways, they stayed in New Haven that master’s degrees. Herb visited Kroon a continuing care retirement commu- spring.” „ Don Maus’ wife, Beula, Hall, former Dean Speth’s crowning nity in Gwynedd, Pa. Richard West writes: “Don is slowed up physically achievement before he relinquished went from Florida to a family reunion with arthritis and sciatica problems, his post to Sir Peter Crane. Is there in New London, N.H., and 30 folks but does grocery shopping—those still a place in the field of forestry for showed up from California, Texas, carts are good walkers—and is still a F&ES graduates? I know that courses Louisiana and Florida. Dick is pleased good cook. He will reach his 94th in urban ecology and forestry are that the younger family members are birthday in January. I will be 90 in offered from searching the course still holding reunions. His wife is February.” catalog. Related to urban forestry is confined to a wheelchair because of the damage to the maple and ash arthritis, but they are holding up as 1947 trees that populated large neighbor- an old married couple! I am on the hoods of Worcester, Mass., by the board of directors of a senior housing Class Secretary Asian Longhorned Beetle. Some facility and keep fairly busy. I went to Evert Johnson 22,000 trees have been or are in the my granddaughter’s wedding in process of being removed, trees that South Carolina in July. It was nice 1948 either had become host trees or were because my daughter, sister, grands Class Secretary close to being host trees. The migra- and great-grands were all there.” Francis Clifton tion of the beetle to this city was Otis Hall writes: “I went to Reno last 1946 apparently in wooden shipping year, but not to Orlando this year. crates from China to one of our large Class Secretary My main forestry activity now is industries.” Paul Burns spreading the word that forests and Cliff Bryden’s wife, Burne, writes: trees are the best defense against 1950 60th Reunion Year CO and that deforestation must be “Cliff turned 92 in December 2008. 2 Class Secretary prevented in the United States, as well He is up and going but doesn’t walk Kenneth Carvell very far. We take drives into the as elsewhere in the world. Also, I am country and Cliff goes shopping promoting wider use of wind and 1951 with me. Cliff’s children, Charles, solar power.” „ George Hindmarsh Class Secretary Bruce and Sally, visit him. He has writes: “I drove up to Seminole with Peter Arnold four grandchildren and three great- my brother and one of my daughters and their spouses for my sister’s grandchildren.” „ Paul Burns, Ph.D. 1952 ’49, writes: “Only three out of the 22 memorial services. I saw a lot of members of our class are still alive: nieces, nephews and cousins whom Class Secretary Cliff Bryden, Don Maus and me. I I haven’t seen in a while.” „ Steve Milton Hartley am 89 years old. Dave Smith, the Pryce writes: “My wife experienced Bob Bond writes: “For years I have youngest of our class and my long- a fall and broke her leg. That was in attended F&ES receptions at meet- time friend, died in March (see January, and healing is going along ings and have always been interested environment:Yale, Spring 2009). Dave well. I get in my swimming and in seeing who the attendee from the and I began the two-year M.F. program golf regularly. I do woodworking oldest class was. At the recent New at Yale in June 1941. We both left as a hobby.” England SAF meeting in Portland, Yale temporarily in March 1942, Maine, I found myself in that posi- volunteering for an Army Air Corps 1949 tion. I hope to attend many more!” program in meteorology at New York Class Secretary University. I became a weather officer Daniel Dick 1953 in the European Theater, and Dave Daniel Dick writes: “There were 51 Class Secretary was a weather officer in the of us, the largest class in the history Stanley Goodrich Mediterranean area. When World of the school at that time. We were Eric Ellwood, Ph.D. ’54, writes: “I War II ended, we returned to Yale indoctrinated into the lore and noble was class president and attended the and finished our M.F. degrees in June history of the Yale foresters who had school on a Fulbright fellowship 1946. We were required to take 11 come before us. How the world of from Australia and a Sheffield Fellow weeks of forestry fieldwork at forestry education at F&ES has

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scholarship. I was also fortunate to international NGO dedicated to estab- 1956 win the 1953 Wood Award. After lishing substantial portions of the Class Secretary class graduating I went back to Australia Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Jack Rose to become a research officer with the as a permanent park for peace and Commonwealth Scientific and nature. This brings me full circle Patrick Duffy writes: “While doing Research Organization. In 1956 I because, as a U.S. Marine Corps Energy Information Administration returned to the United States to join artillery officer in the Korean War— (EIA) consulting for the U.N.’s Food the newly established California an interlude that interrupted my M.F. and Agriculture Organization in Forest Products Laboratory under studies at the Forestry School—my Rome this winter/spring, I had the the direction of Fred Dickenson. duties contributed significantly to pleasure to meet with Susan Braatz After five years, I joined the School of the environmental and social disrup- ’80 on climate change and forestry. Forest Resources at North Carolina tion being addressed here. It is a This tied in with my new assignment State University as head of the pleasure to note that Seong-il Kim as international consultant to the Department of Wood and Paper ’84, a professor of forestry at Seoul FAO regional office in Budapest on Science; 10 years later, I was National University, and I are in adapting agriculture to climate appointed dean of the college. I correspondence about pursuing joint change in 12 Eastern European and retired 20 years ago. My dear late efforts in these hopes for the DMZ.” mid-Asia countries. I see an active wife, Dorothy, suffered through 12 Gordon Weetman ’58, Ph.D. ’62, years of Parkinson’s disease and died 1955 55th Reunion Year around the Vancouver forestry scene, and I have been in touch with in 2000. In 2004, I married Dr. Mary Dave Holmes writes from Australia: Gerardo Budowski, Ph.D. ’62. Retired Kilburn, a clinical psychologist. My “Last February we took a drive up from the University for Peace in San current activities include family time the north coast, retracing our steps Jose, Costa Rica, Gerardo assisted me (my three daughters and four grand- to visit Ellenborough Falls, west of on an urban forest inventory for the children distributed in three states Taree in New South Wales, and sev- San Jose municipality a few years ago. and Mary’s two daughters and five eral of the old forests of our former I admire him for his work, including grandchildren), travel, gardening, fly- district. There are vast areas of fine his stints at the International Union fishing, sailing and Rotary Club. My regeneration that do not have our for Conservation of Nature in passion is photography and I am a written name on them, but could Switzerland and at the Tropical part-time professional. Now in my have! A great pleasure to go back to Agricultural Research and Higher 87th year, I would be most interested find that our best blackbutt forests Education Center at Turrialba and the to hear from my surviving classmates are in order and well protected from University for Peace. My current work via email.” [email protected] fire and other perils. These days, we includes trying to find more water for „ Oakleigh Thorne writes: “I’m don’t feel very threatened by bushfires Accra, Ghana, and advising as a vol- teaching birds and bird banding in here in Manly, New South Wales, yet unteer on the closing of a 30-year-old Thorne Ecological Institute’s Natural some of those parklands we look garbage dump and the opening of a Science School during the summer onto have had wildfires that scorch well-designed sanitary landfill at and birds during the school year. I the crowns bare, sometimes killing Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. I was appointed to the external board small trees.” „ Larry Sunderland also serve on an intervener funding of the Yale Institute for Biospheric writes: “Not much activity on my committee on the Federal EIA review Studies in 2008 and enjoyed attending New Hampshire woodland other of a large and complex run-of-the- the dedication of Kroon Hall in May.” than cleaning up some of the river project on the central coast of December 2008 ice storm damage. British Columbia. After 20 years on 1954 My forest management plan, such as Eagle Island, we moved to a spacious Class Secretary it is, is too opportunistic for today’s condo in North Vancouver. With Richard Chase log market. I recently left New three of our four adult kids and the Hampshire Audubon’s board after Arthur Westing, Ph.D. ’59, writes: grandchildren nearby, there’s nary a 16 or so years and remain active on “I have been following up on one of dull moment. And volunteering for committees dealing with environ- my past United Nations Environment the Winter Olympic Games at the mental policy and land management, Programme assignments to become a alpine ski events at Whistler will including prospective timber sales. I volunteer in efforts to restore envi- keep things interesting this winter. I am also vice chair of New Hampshire’s ronmental integrity and harmonious mentor students at the University of Lakes Management Advisory relations on the Korean peninsula. British Columbia and always mention Committee.” I am channeling these efforts prima- the opportunities at Yale.” rily through the DMZ Forum, an

32 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 1958 an array of new challenges, including we traveled up North for a while, keeping 2,700 owners happy, com- following our two-and-a-half-month Class Secretary pleting a $10 million community stay in China. In late summer, we Ernest Kurmes center with pools and fitness center, viewed the awesome Redwood coun- Herster Barres writes: “The U.N. cli- planning to re-cut the inlet of the try in California. My forestry/wood mate change program that I manage Kiawah River into the Atlantic (I’m science training is still with me, is moving forward, albeit suffering learning a lot about beach manage- thank God. I still enjoy tree identifi- from a lack of funding. We now have ment!) and dealing with wildlife— cation. In China, Ginkgo is prevalent, 300 acres of carbon capture and stor- from eagle nests, to maintaining a as well as the weeping willow. They age forests on five farms in Costa sustainable deer population, to are such beauties in and around “I am applying Rica. Each of the 33 forests is a gators (ever had a 10-foot gator get Beijing, especially in the Summer potential case study that I am writing stuck and die in the drain box at the Palace.” „ Nils Parr writes: “After my love of trees up. The forest we established for the end of a storm drain?).” working as a forester and then in F&ES Class of 2007 in Costa Rica is forestry research, I taught college for to my hobby doing very nicely.” „ Bill Rogers 1962 the rest of my career. I retired, got writes: “I am applying my love of Class Secretary bored, got into local government and of bonsai after trees to my hobby of bonsai after 50 Larry Safford am now elected to a six-year term on years of industrial and public consult- the board of supervisors of West 50 years of industrial Bob Miller, Ph.D. ’67, writes: “I’m ing in the wood/tree industry. Bonsai Manheim Township in York County, retired from surveying, as a professor is a great hobby for retired tree guys. Penn. I dream of retiring to the and public consulting of physiology, dean of Radford I’ll always remember and appreciate Penobscot Bay area of the coast of University and the practice of law that short meeting with Dean Garrett Maine, but right now I’m having too in the wood/tree in Raleigh, N.C. My time is now just prior to graduation that launched much fun.” „ Jun Revilla, Ph.D. ’78, spent with my wife, dogs (two me on a wonderful and interesting writes: “I am very thankful for the industry. Bonsai is Newfoundlands and one Irish career.” „ Gordon Weetman, Ph.D. many opportunities that came my Setter), sailing and swimming in the ’62, writes: “Although I have been way to develop myself. My wife and a great hobby Intracoastal Waterway at our second retired for 10 years, the forestry I have three children and eight won- home near Holden Beach, N.C. Life for retired tree guys.” faculty at the University of British derful grandchildren (four boys and is great!” [email protected] Columbia kindly allows me to keep four girls). I truly could not ask for an office at the Forest Sciences — Bill Rogers ’58 1963 more. From the age of about 6 or 7, building, where I stay involved with I was working in the farm, tending graduate students and professional Class Secretary chickens/ducks/carabaos, plowing forestry issues. Anne and I have three James Boyle the fields, planting and harvesting children and five grandchildren, all of Terry Blake writes: “I retired last various crops in the Philippines. them around Vancouver.” year after 28 years at the University While I dreamed of going to a of Toronto. My wife, Rosemary, and I university, I never thought that 1959 moved back to Australia and we live opportunity would come, much less Class Secretary in Geelong, near Melbourne. We are at Yale. But, government and Yale Hans Bergey close to some of the best surfing scholarships came my way, and beaches in Australia and to our family. my dream was realized. Our grand- 1960 50th Reunion Year Our son Paul is a lawyer in Sydney; children, children, my wife and I are another son, Martin, lives in Toronto, all well. We all play tennis. I walk Class Secretary and our daughter, Turi, and three 1.6 miles to the tennis court, play John Hamner grandchildren live near Queenstown, and walk back home almost every 1961 New Zealand. Rosemary’s book of morning.” poetry, Wintering, was published just Class Secretary before we left Canada. I am complet- 1965 45th Reunion Year Roger Graham ing a book on the eucalyptus and Class Secretary Scott Wallinger writes: “Chairing the have taken up a position at Deakin James Howard Forest History Society and occasional University, Geelong.” John Blouch writes: “I’m traveling consulting in forest sustainability and lots for business and enjoying the biotechnology are my ‘toe in the 1964 friendships, as well as the challenges water’ in the forestry world. I’m Steve Hanover writes: “All is well in of the economy and the marketplace. president of the Seabrook Island southwest Florida, with no hurricanes My golf game is improving, and I Property Owners Association, with this summer. It was hot, as usual, so found a customer who enjoys trips

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to the pistol range as much as I do. environmental scientist and Nancy address is a Wisconsin town near I’m about to start a several-room four years from teaching college here. It is locally known as the ‘lost

class hardwood flooring project (i.e., physics). We recently returned from 40,’ since it is accessible by road only cat-proofing). I teach a Sunday school nearly a month in Norway, where we through Wisconsin or by boat from class a couple of times a month. NPR’s visited Oslo and Bergen and toured Michigan.” „ Edwin (Bart) Young Morning Edition provides conversa- Svalbard (an arctic archipelago) in a writes: “After 20 years with the U.S. tion for the day’s visits. The Yale Russian research vessel with 80 other National Park Service, I am a senior degree was the best possible invest- adventurers to see polar bears and gla- planning technical advisor for ment of time and money.” ciers, arctic seabirds and wildflowers.” Tanzania National Parks of the World Conservation Union. Over the 1966 1971 course of the four-year assignment, I Class Secretary Class Secretary worked with a team in developing Howard Dickinson Jr. Harold Nygren management plans for Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Ruaha and Tarangire Barry Bryan is working full time, national parks. Due to the expanding 1967 extremely healthy and having fun, so development pressures to build Class Secretary he has no plans to retire. He is fully hotels and permanent camps within Robert Hintze engaged representing the British the national parks, the team also Columbia Ministry of Forests and developed a concessions manual, 1968 Range, negotiating compensation incorporating procedures and an with forest tenure holders negatively Class Secretary evaluation system to guide park affected by government land use ini- Gerald Gagne tourism developments. The biggest tiatives (e.g., creation of new protected challenge we faced was getting a areas) and First Nation treaty settle- 1969 wilderness concept incorporated into ments. „ Tom (Harold) Nygren Class Secretary the revision of the Tanzania National writes: “I’m enjoying retirement and Davis Cherington Park policy document. Following working with small-woodland owners. this assignment, I served as USAID I just finished a term as president of 1970 40th Reunion Year chief of party for Uganda’s Action the Oregon Woodland Cooperative Program for the Environment, bring- Class Secretary and have more time to devote to my ing together and coordinating efforts Whitney Beals own tree farm.” „ Jim Okraszewski with 35 conservation stakeholders. Donn Critchell writes: “I took early writes: “My wife, Clare, and I have The focus was on revisiting Uganda’s retirement 11 years ago and went been retired for one year and live in biodiversity and environmental back to school to pick up an art Michigan near Land O’ Lakes, Wisc. goals, identifying outstanding issues degree at the local community college. I worked for NewPage as their cor- and needs and assessing the existing After that I volunteered in the dark- porate wood and forest sustainability programs in meeting those goals. room until it was closed down two director until August 2008. My main Having a dual role as senior planning years ago. Fortunately, I had already volunteer activity is with a residential technical advisor for the Uganda made the jump to digital and could hospice and with patients at home, Wildlife Authority, I selected and print at home for myself and members 40 hours per month. It is work I trained a five-member national team of the camera club. I almost picked really enjoy. I also am on the property to develop a management plan for up certification as a webmaster, but tax board of review for Watersmeet, Queen Elizabeth National Park in didn’t need it because there is Mich., and on the board of directors southwestern Uganda, where national enough business for me. Coding (not for the Invasive Species Control park policies allow consumptive use using software) and working with Coalition, which seeks to control of park resources. This policy differ- clients is the enjoyable part of this invasive water plants and critters ence made planning extremely chal- task. Sue and I hike, ski and kayak.” such as Eurasian milfoil, curly lenging in a country with limited Joe Horowitz, Ph.D. ’75, writes: pondweed, Chinese mystery snails „ resources for establishing resource “My wife, Nancy Hicks, and I are and zebra mussels. Clare volunteers baseline data and long-term moni- living near Boston. We dropped by at the Land O’ Lakes Library. Fun toring. Having fallen in love with the school on August 17 and got a includes fishing, hunting, biking and East Africa, its people and landscapes, tour of Kroon and Sage by Kath hiking. The view of the lake is some- I decided to stay and have now Schomaker ’96. We’re both retired thing I never tire of, summer or winter. retired and live in Uganda with my (Joe almost 10 years from the Army Although we live in Michigan’s wife and son.” Corps of Engineers as a senior Upper Peninsula, our mailing

34 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 1972 program in energy policy at Georgia regular travel to D.C. for the Obama Tech this fall, and his son Rich is a era. These are very exciting, but Class Secretary first-year student at Lewis and Clark challenging, times. I’m at the Natural Ruth Hamilton Allen Law School, studying environmental Resources Defense Council, after 30- Rosalind Batchelor writes: “I am a law. plus years.” „ William (Buzz) consultant, undertaking interim Constable writes: “When I am not assignments, most recently with the 1974 chasing real estate investment and Yorkshire Rural Community Council. Catherine Badgley, Ph.D. ’82, writes: development (all green, really), I sit I also am a caller for a local ceilidh “I am at the University of Michigan, on nonprofit boards (Old South band, performing regularly for cele- working on paleoecology—getting Meeting House, The Trustees of brations of all sorts. As chair of two insights from the fossil record of Reservations, Environmental League local nonprofit furniture recycling mammals during changing paleoen- of Massachusetts) and do a lot of businesses, I have been busy vironments to understand some land conservation stuff, including fundraising and making improvements aspects of ecological responses to a Sisyphean effort to revise to the stores. Our next big trip is climate change today—and modern Massachusetts zoning, 20 years run- scheduled for Australia in January.” mammal ecology in relation to climate. ning a famous land trust and much „ Matt Rosen writes: “I am retired Because of the huge impacts of agri- time spent personally designing, from the City of Des Moines, Iowa. I culture on biodiversity, I have leapt building and clearing about 50 miles am chair of the Greater Des Moines into debates about what kinds of of suburban trails. Peter, Chuck, Sister City Commission, so I’m staying agriculture are sustainable for the Spencer, Catherine, where are you?” active in the community and getting future. I live on a farm and practice „ Andrew Ezell writes: “Kevier is to do some international travel.” what I preach. I have also carved out having a great time and both children are now in grad school. Athletics 1973 some time for creative writing—a published children’s book about bats take less time, but the schedule has John Aber, Ph.D. ’76, writes: “My and a play about Darwin (to be per- not slowed any, only shifted in book, The Sustainable Learning formed in our natural history museum emphasis.” „ R.A. Lautenschlager Community: One University’s Journey in November).” „ Frances Beinecke writes: “When I’m not being a science to the Future, was published late last writes: “I’m living in New York, with guy, I continue to write, play and spring (see Bookshelf, page 22). I’m the first editor in this presentation of 36 case studies detailing steps that FRANCES BEINECKE RECEIVES FIRST ALDO LEOPOLD AWARD folks at the University of New Hampshire have taken in curriculum, operations, research and engagement Frances Beinecke ’74, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council to create a campus that maximizes (NRDC), received the inaugural Aldo Leopold Award in April for her quality of life and minimizes our environmental footprint. I am provost environmental leadership. She has intensified NRDC’s efforts to fight and vice president for academic global warming, promote clean-energy initiatives, revive the world’s affairs here at UNH. After two years oceans, save endangered wild habitats and stem the proliferation of back on the faculty, following a four- toxic chemicals. The Aldo Leopold Award recognizes exceptional contri- year stint as vice president for butions to the protection of the environment; stewardship of the land research, it’s back to administration as Leopold envisioned it; and scholarship or writing in environmental and the chance to help keep UNH ethics, ecology or a related field. Beinecke, who has spent over 30 years moving forward.” Roy Deitchman „ with the NRDC, serves on the boards of the World Resources Institute, has been working at Amtrak for the the Energy Future Coalition and Conservation International’s Center for past 10 years as vice president of the Environmental Health and Safety Environmental Leadership in Business and is on the steering committee Department, based at Union Station of the United States Climate Action Partnership. At Yale, she is a co-chair of the F&ES Leadership Council; in Washington, D.C. Over the past served as chair of the university's Council for a Sustainable Yale; and was a member of the Yale few years, he has also been able to Corporation board. She also has been a leader on the boards of the Wilderness Society, the China-U.S. develop programs to further reduce Center for Sustainable Development and the New York League of Conservation Voters. In addition, she is greenhouse gas emissions from trains. the recipient of the Rachel Carson Award from the National Audubon Society, the Annual Conservation He is proud that his two children Award from the Adirondack Council and the Robert Marshall Award from the Wilderness Society. have worked in the environmental field. His son Ben started a doctoral

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record music (seven CDs to-date).” International, a Filipino-registered understand and fit in with natural http://www.myspace.com/ralautens consulting firm, and we have imple- areas.” „ Colin Peterson writes:

class „ Katharine Preston writes: “We live mented about 90 projects, mostly in “Having moved 15 times in my in the Lake Champlain valley, within Asia /Pacific countries on forestry, 34-plus years of employment with the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, natural resources, environment and International Paper, it is nice to be a model for forever-wild preservation project cycle management. I enjoy where we now call “home”— interspersed with economically working with experts of all nationali- Georgetown, S.C. It is like a home- viable communities. For instance, we ties.” „ Henry Young writes: “I’m town for me, with the seemingly hope for realistic regulation for a president of Young Environmental hundreds whom I have gotten to proposed small wind turbine on our Sciences and living in Port know over the years here with IP. My organic hay/wild-apple farm, plus Washington, N.Y. I’m married 42 wife, Sandy, is close to our daughter some solar panels. We grow a lot of years and counting. I play guitar in Charleston and friends in Myrtle our own food. A seminary degree and tennis.” Beach. I’ve stayed in touch with Yale (2000) alongside the M.F.S. provides classmate Bill Timko and his wife, a different perspective to my writing 1975 35th Reunion Year Pam, and I need to travel up toward and preaching.” „ Catherine Helen Waldorf is an independent D.C. before it gets too cold for a McDavid Smith writes: “I have lived energy and environment consultant, visit. Yalie Mike Macedo ’88 is the in Santa Barbara, Calif., since 1998. specializing in renewable alternatives new east regional manager with IP Since 1987, I have been married to analysis and regulatory compliance. here in Georgetown. I enjoy hearing Dennis Smith, a senior manager at She works with the University of Mike in our St. Mary’s Church choir ESRI (home of GIS software). I have Massachusetts, Lowell; the MBTA; each Sunday and working together spent most of my career in environ- and water utilities. She was trained in the Knights of Columbus. I play mental consulting, except for nine by Al Gore and The Climate Project plenty of baseball, softball, soccer years with an independent power as one of 1,000 presenters of the and volleyball with the grandchildren producer, building state-of-the-art slide show An Inconvenient Truth. She and get exercise from our two dogs power plants (zero discharge). I have lives in Boston and Hull, Mass., with that love to take us for a walk as worked all over the world and been spouse Jude, Julie the dog and Penny much as possible.” „ Bob Seymour, paid for it! I am a specialist in energy the cat. Ph.D. ’80, writes: “I am in my 23rd and environmental issues, especially year teaching silviculture and forest renewables. My fondest projects have 1976 stand dynamics as the Curtis Hutchins been designing and implementing Professor at the University of Maine. Sally Hasted writes: “I left the field environmental management systems We recently eliminated our depart- of environmental site reviews and for the Port of Los Angeles and the ment structure and are now all in went into special education teaching. National Energy Group.” „ Judith one School of Forest Resources. Last I’ve done what I can to teach envi- Stockdale writes: “I’m here in year I was named a fellow of the ronmental appreciation at every Chicago as executive director of the Society of American Foresters, along opportunity. I’ve recently swung into Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley with my wife of 15 years, Carol helping teenagers who suffer from Foundation, which is focused on Redelsheimer, a forester for the addiction and psychoemotional land conservation and artistic vitality Scientific Forest Management Area of difficulties. I’ve started our town’s in the greater Chicago region and the Baxter State Park. Chad Oliver ’70, conservation commission, served on low country of South Carolina. I Ph.D. ’75, was also so honored. My conservation and various open space sometimes see Brad Wyche in South kids are now all out of college, live and water resource committees and Carolina. Jonathan Boyer is my spouse. in Maine and seem happy. Our testified as an expert witness during He’s designing LEED platinum build- daughter, Jessie (a Dartmouth B.A. in many tidal wetland hearings, and I ings and just completed Chicago’s sociology), works for the Northern still stand up against development first Zero Net Energy Home.” Forest Center, staffing their traveling threats in our town. I taught wetland „ Ricardo Umali writes: “I had an exhibit, ‘Ways of the Woods.’ I serve science (including tidal wetland early retirement from government on Maine’s Forester Licensing Board restoration) for five summers and service in 1995 as career undersecre- with Tom Rumpf ’78, who works for have led field and stream instruction tary and political secretary of the Maine’s TNC.” for the National Audubon Society. If Department of Environment and I ever get to retire, I’d like to do a Natural Resources. I am the presi- doctorate on tidal wetland restoration dent of Sustainable Ecosystems and help inner city kids to enjoy,

36 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 1977 Class Secretary James Guldin Denise Mitten enjoyed the Ecological Society of America conference this August because she got to meet people at the F&ES mixer and she got to watch her daughter, Lauren, present on her wild rice research. Denise presented on the Ferris State University Political Engagement Project (PEP) model for creating an engaged student body and faculty on campus. PEP is an initiative spon- sored by Carnegie and The New York Times. Denise is now starting an Academic Service Learning Initiative at Ferris. 1978 Class Secretaries Susan Curnan Marie Magleby Regina Rochefort

John Hoffnagle writes: “The first weekend in April brought members of the Class of 1978 to the Napa Valley for a weekend of wine tasting, hiking, spas and great meals. My wife, Suzanne Easton, teamed up with Jim Sempere to host the get- together, marked by perfect weather and a stunning villa that served as base camp. Ed Becker and wife Sheila Becker, Bob Gipe and wife Betsy Fine, Cathie Hopper and hus- band David Perlman, Andy Schwarz and Loring LaBarbera Schwarz and Gordon Smith came from still- wintery Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington state and North Carolina. Virginia Pflueger, widow of Kim Pflueger, came down from Seattle and brought her two sons, Max and Nathan. Ted Schwarz, son of Andy and Loring, also attended. Attendees grew very comfortable with wine- tasting after sampling over 30 differ- ent wines in a four-day marathon of tasting, palette cleansing and feasting. We had a fabulous time reconnecting and would love to have other class

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members join us on our next adven- Snook, D.For. ’93, writes: “I’m at writes: “I’ve spent 18 years teaching ture slated for 2011, maybe in Biodiversity International in Rome, science (and now health) to middle class Seattle. Contact me for further working on the conservation of use- school students in Portland, Ore. My details.” [email protected] ful plant species, including forest trees husband, Angel, is working toward „ Luke Umeh writes: “I retired from around the world, in partnership with his mechanical engineering degree at the African Development Bank, researchers affiliated with universities, Mt. Hood Community College. Abidjan, as chief of the Agriculture national research institutes or NGOs Daughter Hanna, 21, is out and and Rural Development Division in in dozens of countries. I lead a group working, and Rachel, 13, just became 2003. I decided to return to Nigeria, of 30 scientists, located in Africa, Asia a Bat Mitzvah. My major interest is where I set up a consulting firm, and Latin America and Europe, in a invasive species ecology education. Sustainable Agriculture Forest program titled Understanding and I’m planning to retire soon to a farm Resources Rural and Environmental Managing Biodiversity, which focuses with goats and bees.” „ Bill Klassen Development (SAFRRED), and an on conserving the genetic diversity writes: “I’m in the Yukon Territory, NGO, Umeh-Diokpo Foundation that provides the traits that will help Canada, and semiretired. I’m a mem- (UDF). With assistance from the us adapt our primary production to ber of a Canadian Environmental World Bank and African Development climate change. Jonathan and I delight Assessment Act panel and am con- Bank, SAFRRED helped the federal in the beauty, culture and history of ducting an environmental assessment government of Nigeria to develop Rome and Italy, enjoying many an of a proposed copper mine in British environmental guidelines for imple- expedition with Susan Braatz, who Columbia. I’m also assisting Holland menting microprojects and assisted in lives just across the Tiber near one of America Line with the screening of forestry and water resources planning, the few remaining individuals of the the operation of their Yukon Queen as well as determining the effects of endemic Sicilian fir, Abies nebrodensis. II on the Yukon River from Dawson climate change in sustainable land Last year we enjoyed a visit from City, Y.T., to Eagle, Alaska, under the management. UDF is dedicated to Jim Thorne, Ph.D. ’85, and his wife, Yukon Environmental and Socio- helping the poor and the elderly live Rosemary. We occasionally visit economic Assessment Act. One of better lives. We support evangelism Connecticut because my parents still my brothers and I and our families and also assist the less-privileged live there, and we look forward to are trying to re-establish a stand of children in schools of higher learning. the next Class of ’80 reunion in red pine on part of our woodlot in Through UDF’s program, termed 2010 (year of biodiversity!).” southeastern Manitoba, located in Spiritual, Preventive and Curative „ Jane Sokolow writes: “I work on the most westerly extension of the Medicare, we run health clinics. Our community and green issues in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence mixed children, Ifeanyi and Nonye (with Bronx and New York City and keep hardwood/softwood forest. We’re her husband and two children, an eye on the shale natural gas also investigating the feasibility of Chidule and Ogechi), are in the drilling in the watershed in the white birch syrup production there. United States. www.safrred.com, Catskills. I am on the board of the Besides that, my wife, Rayanne, and I www.umehdiokpo.org Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, are enjoying being grandparents!” as well as Hudsonia, Bronx Council „ Elizabeth Mullin writes: “I am liv- 1979 on Environmental Quality and the ing in Washington, D.C., and am the Class Secretary Friends of the Beaverkill.” executive director of Friends of Rock John Carey Creek’s Environment, a nonprofit 1981 group working to protect and restore 1980 30th Reunion Year Class Secretaries the Rock Creek watershed. Rock Creek meanders 33 miles through Class Secretary Fred Hadley the heart of the nation’s capital and Sara Schreiner-Kendall Carol Youell flows into the Potomac River by the Tom Gaman writes: “The slow Sanat Dhungel writes: My current Watergate complex and the Kennedy economy has afforded me time to research includes cobra farming and Center for the Performing Arts. The put a new roof on my house, count breeding, venom collection and watershed includes Rock Creek Park, fewer but greener trees at Tioga Pass venom protein isolation research and a premier urban forest.” development; herb collection, trading, and Mono Lake and make plans growing and exporting; protein for a self-guided forestry tour of 1982 isolation in zebra fish; and biodiesel New Zealand at the Awaroa bach Class Secretaries plantations of Jatropha curcus in February and March 2010.” Barbara Hansen seedlings raised in the nursery.” www.forestdata.com/allegro/ Kenneth Osborn [email protected] „ Laura bachinfo.pdf „ Thea (Weiss) Hayes

38 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Junaid Choudhury writes: “I retired the African continent. Nature & consulting practice. This year he com- from government service in 2001. At Faune has been in wide circulation pleted a ground-breaking critique of present, I am working as a freelance since 1985. Our daughter, Ihuoma public wildlife management for the consultant, mostly as a forestry spe- Chichi Ndeso-Atanga, graduated last Yukon Fish and Wildlife management cialist. I’ve worked with mangroves May, and my husband, our son, JP, board and is now conducting research for a long time, specializing in younger daughter, Sirri, and I were and field demonstration trials in forest Sundarban mangroves. I have two in Pittsburgh for the occasion.” fuel management in the highly flam- daughters—Junna, who is in Sydney, www.fao.org/africa/publications/ mable urban interface of Whitehorse. and Juhaina, who is in London. I am nature-and-faune-magazine/ Last winter, with a British Columbia very sad to learn of the death of two „ Ken Osborn manages a German millwright partner, Dave established of my favorite F&ES teachers, David family’s forest in Washington State. Haven TimberHomes, producing “I do conservation Smith and George Furnival. I pray He worked with the owners in high-quality, economical timber- for the eternal peace of these great acquiring forest lands on the North frame piece-en-piece homes. The research for the souls. Jeffrey Chow, an F&ES Ph.D. Island, New Zealand, where, given innovative building system is of his student, came to my residence at his frequency of visits, he splurged design and is well along in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Dhaka in June to discuss Sundarban.” on a house. „ Ross Povenmire is a patenting process in both Canada Service and for Hawaii’s „ Paula Daukas writes: “After 25 conservation, town planning and and the United States. First Nation years as an environmental consultant, community preservation agent in communities are the main market at I am working at Denver Water as the Boxford, Mass.” the outset—their housing shortage is Department of Land and manager of the environmental plan- massive and their current housing ning section, which I find is a fresh 1983 options are costly. He and his wife, Natural Resources in and interesting challenge at the fore- Class Secretary Deb, continue their reconstruction of order to the front of Western water issues. I’ve Stephen Broker a classic wooden sailboat in Port recover lived in Denver since 1991 with my Townshend, Wash., with hopes to Steve Blackmer writes: “To my utter husband, Jeff, and two daughters, sail over the horizon in this Slocum Maui parrotbill astonishment, I find myself returning now 14 and 16. I recently visited Spray replica. „ Jennifer Cross to Yale this fall as a graduate student— with Steve Forrest, who lives in Peterson writes: “I am finishing my and Akohekohe.” this time to the Divinity School. I’ve Bozeman, Mont., manager of restora- second year as senior educator at the come to believe that the mounting tion science for the World Wildlife Harvard Museum of Natural History. — Dusti Becker ‘84 realities of catastrophic ecological Fund.” [email protected] I spend most of my time writing change—climate change and more— „ Kate Dreyfus writes: “I live in science curriculum for children and will demand transformation at least Portland, Ore., and am a transporta- teachers and am writing grants to as much of the human spirit as tion planner for a city government support our projects. It’s a great job. changes in policy, the economy and located close to Portland. My daughter The highlight of my year was traveling technology.” „ Domenic Forcella started fifth grade this fall.” to New York state on a paleontology writes: “I am involved with the [email protected] „ Tom field trip and finding two fossils in blues, finishing my sixth and final Jacob writes: “I am the Western the Beecher’s trilobite beds—Yale year as a member of the Blues regional government affairs manager territory! I am in touch with Susan Foundation board of directors in for DuPont in Sacramento, Calif. My Foster and visited her at her house Memphis. I write the weekly Blues daughters, Kristin and Erin, reside in in Vermont.” Beat column for four daily papers, the Seattle area, so we travel up and one give-away and an insert for a down the Pacific Coast regularly, 1984 fifth. I serve as faculty advisor to particularly now that we have a WFCS 107.7, the student-run radio Class Secretaries granddaughter, Quinn, 3, up there station on the campus of Central Therese Feng (Kristin’s daughter).” „ Ada Ndeso- Connecticut State University (CCSU), Roberta Tabell Jordan Atanga writes: “I work on Nature & and DJ a weekly blues show. Last Dusti Becker writes: “I am living on Faune, which is a peer-reviewed, semester, I taught a blues history Maui with my husband and fellow international bilingual (English and class at Manchester Community conservation biologist, Tony Povilitis. French) publication of the Food and College. I’m also doing environmental We run a nonprofit conservation Agriculture Organization of the health and safety work at CCSU and organization together—Life Net United Nations. It is dedicated to the teaching a hazardous-materials Nature—and work on a variety of exchange of information and practical course. I provide OSHA training to projects focusing on biodiversity. My experience in the field of wildlife and staff.” „ Dave Loeks continues his paying job is with the Maui Forest protected-areas management and natural resource management Bird Recovery Project, in which I do conservation of natural resources on

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conservation research for the U.S. Atmospheric Administration’s Marine work that has demonstrated success Fish and Wildlife Service and for Mammal Stranding Network. Mark in providing science-based training

class Hawaii’s Department of Land and lives in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and technical assistance to mainly Natural Resources in order to recover with his wife, Mary Anne, with whom municipal decision-makers in the the Maui parrotbill and Akohekohe.” he will celebrate 25 years of marriage watershed. I love working in New www.lifenetnature.org „ Randy this year, a daughter, Maddie, 18, and Hampshire and being part of a Hagenstein writes: “I am the director a son, Mark Damian II. national program through NOAA; of the Alaska Chapter of The Nature there are 27 reserves across the Conservancy. Last September, Evie 1986 country.” „ Michael Wells enjoys Witten ’95 and I welcomed our Laura MacAlister Brown and Rob international environmental consulting daughter, Névé, into our lives. Névé Roy Ramey are consulting on endan- from his home office in Norway. just finished her first Alaskan wilder- gered species, conducting original Most work energies recently have ness experience—five days rafting research and traveling. „ Maggie gone into a trans-Pacific program the Gulkana River—a christening of Coon writes: “After more than 20 evaluation for the Gordon and Betty sorts (thankfully no baptism).” years, I departed The Nature Moore Foundation (including a fas- Conservancy to return to my beloved cinating trip to Kamchatka); helping 1985 25th Reunion Year Methow Valley farm. My husband the World Bank’s Development Class Secretary and I are co-directors of the Twisp Marketplace strengthen its monitoring Alex Brash Public Development Authority. We’re and evaluation system; and advising the Norwegian government on its Haydi Danielson and her family heading up a new enterprise, initially increasingly substantial Reducing recently moved to the south end of focused on bringing innovative Emissions from Deforestation and Monterey Bay, near Carmel, Calif. educational programs to the site of a Forest Degradation in Developing She’s retired as director of the Carden former U.S. Forest Service complex Countries investments, globally as School of Santa Cruz and is now in the Methow Valley. Key project well as in Indonesia, Papua New spending her time enjoying her two themes include promoting local Guinea and Guyana. During the last teenage children, Dylan, 17, and agriculture, local arts and culture year, I had the pleasure of interacting Teddy, 16, and her husband, Damon. and sustainable energy. We’re having with classmate Ken Andrasko (World She works part time for her family’s a blast!” „ Tom Duffus writes: “I Bank). Fellow alums or current tree business. She enjoyed a visit am well into my fifth year with the students interested in getting some from Eva Muller ’84 this summer.” Conservation Fund and enjoying the evaluation or applied-research expe- [email protected] work in the eight upper Midwestern rience within teams that I periodically „ Chris Donnelly writes: “I am states and beyond. I was recently put together and lead for interna- working for the State of Connecticut, appointed to the Land Trust tional agencies, foundations and making the world safe for urban Accreditation Commission. For those NGOs are welcome to get in contact.” trees. Rita and I are keeping house who remember the bagpiper … I am headed to the World Championships together in Northford. I am looking 1987 forward to the 2010 reunion, when with my band next summer in we will be—gawd!—25 years out.” Glasgow, Scotland.” „ Daniel Class Secretaries „ Mark Duda will celebrate 20 years Hellerstein, Ph.D. ’89, writes: “I live Christie Coon with Responsive Management, a in Washington, D.C., and work for Melissa Paly survey research firm that specializes the USDA Economic Research Andrew Brower writes: “I wrote in natural resource and outdoor Service. My kids are finishing high Biological Systematics: Principles and recreation issues. Since founding the school. My work tends to focus on Applications with R.T. Schuh, reissued company in 1990, Mark has watched how to manage USDA conservation in its second edition by Cornell Responsive Management grow from programs, with more of a focus on University Press this year. In addition, a single-room operation to a company cost effectiveness—the ‘valuation’ I have contributed over 2,000 Web that employs more than 60 people. component is something I don’t do pages about the phylogenetic rela- Responsive Management has com- as much of anymore. Carbon seques- tionships of butterflies and moths to pleted almost 1,000 surveys, including tration is a big deal these days.” the Tree of Life.” www.tolweb.org recent studies of attitudes toward „ Steve Miller writes: “I run the „ Robert Lester writes: “I’ve been in climate change, bears in Alaska Coastal Training Program at the Guatemala for seven years, continuing and hunting and shooting sports Great Bay National Estuarine to build a local consulting firm I participation, as well as an evalu- Research Reserve in New Hampshire. founded that provides environmental ation of the National Oceanic and It’s very challenging and rewarding and social services to private-sector

40 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies clients. I’m working in Central study tours of Israel. Laura is a 1989 America on a lot of energy and other researcher, editor and writer for the Class Secretaries projects connected with financing Institute on the Holocaust and Susan Campbell deals. My Guatemalan wife and Genocide, which seeks to prevent Jane Freeman Nico, 9, and Nina, 3, and a chocolate such atrocities.” lab occupy my off hours, as well as Laurie Reynolds Rardin writes: “I daydreams of building a small boat.” 1988 am the research translation coordina- tor for the Dartmouth College Toxic „ Michael O’Connell is executive Class Secretaries Metals Program. The program is director of the Irvine Ranch Diane Stark funded by a Superfund grant, and I Conservancy in Orange County, Holly Welles Calif., a nonprofit land stewardship am taking the research data developed “I am the director Kaaren Lewis writes: “I am the organization he helped found with on arsenic and mercury and putting director of the ecosystems branch for of the billionaire philanthropist Donald Bren. it into language and formats that will ecosystems the British Columbia Ministry of The conservancy was created to connect many different interest Environment, with responsibility for branch for the British ensure the permanent management groups—from other scientists, legislation, policy, science and infor- of 44,000 acres of wildlands protect- resource managers and politicians to mation for species and ecosystems at Columbia Ministry of ed on the historic Irvine Ranch. the fishermen standing under the risk. My two lovely children, Talia, The land was recently declared a bridge trying to catch dinner, and all 12, and Finn, 9, are healthy and Environment, with natural landmark by the State of others in between. The questions happy, and my husband, Jeff, is off California and the National Park being studied will generate meaning- for a month to explore the high responsibility Service. (see photo on the 1987 class ful and useful information that will Arctic and Northwest Passage. We pages, environment.yale.edu/ help in public health and resource have a lovely home near Victoria on for legislation, policy, alumni-alumnae/) „ Jim Pissot and management decisions.” wooded acreage.” „ Karen LeAnn his wife, Valerie, decided to help McKay writes: “I am working part science and information boost General Motors’ sagging for- 1990 20th Reunion Year time for Tropical Salvage, a small, tunes by purchasing a Chevrolet. It’s Class Secretaries fair-trade company that makes furni- for species and a 1948 Fleetmaster. Jim alternates his Judy Olson Hicks ture from reclaimed and salvaged time under the hood and behind the Carolyn Anne Pilling ecosystems .” wood from Indonesia. I had a chance at risk wheel (when he’s not helping to visit the workshop and salvage sites Vicki Nichols Goldstein and Bruce Canadian wolves and bears) with aims — Kaaren Lewis ’88 last year and it was truly inspiring. Goldstein have packed up the kids to restore the already roadworthy My husband, Ted, is writing; my (Ari, 9, and Melina, 7) and headed classic. „ Chris Pratt writes: “I am eldest daughter is looking at colleges west after five years in Appalachia, back in Vermont for a while, getting on the East Coast for next year; and landing in Boulder, Colo. Bruce is a window weatherization company my youngest daughter entered high associate professor of ecological started. We were out in Portland, school this year.” „ Holly Welles planning at the University of Ore., but the startup environment is writes: “I’m enjoying the consulting Colorado, Denver, and Vicki is work- better for me here. I was in town for life in Princeton and learning to ing with the Center for Youth and the Kroon Hall grand opening—it appreciate the landscape in this part the Environment at C.U. “We hooked was impressive—and caught up with of the world. My husband, Rob, and I up with Doug Robotham recently in Dan Hellerstein ’86, Holly Welles ’88 miss the West, but Princeton is a Denver and are looking forward to and others.” „ Joshua Royte is a great place to raise our twins, Cole hanging with the sizable F&ES con- conservation planner for The Nature and Riley. I’m engaged in a variety of tingent out here in mountain para- Conservancy in Maine, focusing projects addressing climate change, dise!” „ Peter Jipp writes: “I extended primarily on the Penobscot River energy efficiency and renewables and my assignment in Bangkok for another Restoration Project, a $50 million- marine conservation. Last year I year and will continue working with plus project to purchase three large joined F&ES’ Alumni Association the World Bank in Cambodia and dams, remove two and bypass a Board, so if you have any thoughts Laos, supporting efforts to improve third in order to bring sea-run fish or suggestions about how the school natural resources management across back to over 1,000 miles of spawn- can engage alumni, feel free to let me disciplines, including participatory ing habitat. He lives in Yarmouth know. It would be great to connect.” forest management, biodiversity con- with his wife, Leigh, and leads the servation and land titling. Our family local version of a conservation com- made a 10-day trek in Ladakh this mission. „ Yoel Seton writes: “We are summer, which earned rave reviews happily settled in Jerusalem. I am from everyone.” „ Bet (Flores) director of a company that runs Zimmerman writes: “I’m at Pacific

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Northwest National Laboratory, providing senior-level strategic and class technical services on environmental protection programs and leading 1 International Organization for Standardization 14001 audits around the country. For fun, I write a weekly newspaper column on environmental issues. My personal passion is blue- birding. My husband, Doug, and I maintain 100 nest boxes, and I have an educational website on small cavi- ty nesters. We live in an old farm- house in rural Woodstock, Conn., with our indoor Cornish Rex cat, Tenzing, and outdoor pygmy goat and ducks.” www.ourbetternature.org, www.sialis.org 1991 Class Secretary 4 Richard Wallace Chip Isenhart writes: “Jill Isenhart and I are working at ECOS Communications, but I spent a significant amount of time over the last year helping to start Bio-Logical Capital (BLC). BLC is a sustainable land development company with a focus on large-scale investment opportunities aimed at producing environmental, social and financial benefits. The firm generates value through a variety of emerging envi- ronmental markets, including pay- ments for ecosystem services, alter- native energy, reforestation/certified timber, ecotourism and environmen- 7 tally sound real estate development. We now have a couple of other F&ESers on board—Stephen Kellert, Tweedy Ordway Professor of Social Ecology, and Julie Witherspoon ’08— and have some interesting projects in the works.” www.biologicalcapital.com, http://ecos.us/project_icebarge.html „ Joan Becker Kelsch and Tom Kelsch ’90 visited briefly with Tim Donnay while he was on home leave. Tim, his wife and two children live in Macedonia, where Tim works for USAID. They love living overseas and are doing well. The Kelsch family had 8

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1) Wendell Mottley, Yale College Class of 1964; Kroon Hall Dedication Marks New Era Vicki Assevero; and Dean Peter Crane. 2) Ed Bass, Yale College Class of 1968; former The hope for Kroon Hall is that it will eventually become central to environmental life at Dean Gus Speth; Frances Beinecke ’74 and Yale Yale—that it will build, in the words of those who imagined it, “social capital” or, put plainly, College Class of 1971; and Dean Peter Crane. bring people together. Five months after the building’s opening in January, the promise of that vision was already being fulfilled. For four days in May, Kroon Hall was at the center of three 3) Gil Ordway, second from left, Yale College Class gatherings that simultaneously acknowledged the selfless generosity of the school’s Leadership of 1947, with, left to right, William Morgan ’09, Council; reflected on the enduring legacy of arguably the most significant F&ES alum, Aldo Marshall Duer-Balkind ’10 and Sarah Fierce ’10, Leopold (see inside front cover); and welcomed back alumni—those spiritual custodians of beneficiaries of the Gilman Ordway Family the Leopoldian view that the fate of humanity is bound up in the land—for a reunion. Scholarship Fund for Environmental Studies. Most of the events, among them a lecture on visions of a sustainable future and a 4) Jonathan Rose, Yale College Class of 1974; and symposium on President Obama’s environmental instincts in his first 100 days, reaffirmed Gordon Geballe, associate dean for student and alum- the school’s central role in environmental discourse, but they also represented a transition, of ni affairs at F&ES and Yale College Class of 1975. sorts, in the life of the school. Kroon Hall, dedicated that weekend, officially became the school’s nerve center, supplanting Sage Hall—retrofitted to accommodate more staff and, better 5) Centerbrook architect Mark Simon explains how still, rebaptized to more ably aid in fulfilling the destinies of F&ES students—as the main Kroon uses energy to Emily Knobloch and Carl administrative home. And Gus Speth, aglow in accolades for a decade of accomplishment as Knobloch, Yale College Class of 1951. dean, presided over events one last time, but with a buoyancy emblematic of an administration 6) Victor Gonzalez ’77 and Caroline Niemczyk, winding down. However, before the reins would be handed over, at least symbolically, to the Yale College Class of 1977. eminent evolutionary biologist, Sir Peter Crane, Ed Bass, a longtime supporter of F&ES, 7) Mary Jane Kroon; Richard Kroon, Yale College would announce, to the surprise of those in attendance, a campaign that covertly raised over Class of 1964; former Dean Gus Speth; Ed Bass; $1 million in new gifts and pledges for the Cameron and Gus Speth Fund for Financial Aid. and university Provost Peter Salovey. At the end of the Leadership Council program, over 450 guests, including 134 alumni, spilled out onto Kroon Hall’s spacious south courtyard for a barbecue and live Creole music. 8) New F&ES faculty members Alex Felson, They basked, drinks in hand, in the shadow of Kroon, flush with an air of excitement that their specializing in landscape architecture and urban collective efforts—their sacrifice, hard work and faith—had produced a beacon for Yale, and ecology; Karen Hébert, assistant professor of for the rest of the country, for doing right by the environment in a big way. It was their hour. environmental anthropology and Yale College They laughed, listened to a few more tributes and posed for a few more pictures before Class of 1996; and Mark Bradford, assistant catching cabs in the soft spring twilight for their flights home. professor of terrestrial ecosystem ecology.

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a great trip to the Canadian Rockies hometown of Billings, Mont., two organizations and individuals work- this summer—a highly recommended years ago. We are loving life back in ing to advance conservation.” class destination for anyone looking for Big Sky country, with views of three www.theoceanproject.org big mountains, fresh air and great different mountain ranges and lots of „ Eugene Simonov, known as hiking. fly-fishing, skiing and outdoor fun. Ximeng, with his wife, Svetlana, and Our three little boys, ages 3 to 7, son, Daniel, cultivated tomatoes on 1992 keep us hopping and marveling as the balcony of their summer quarters Class Secretary they grow and learn. I consult inde- at Yellow Sea near Dalian, China, Katherine Kearse Farhadian pendently and have built my career and moved to their winter quarters managing, developing and evaluating at Northeast Forestry University in Ann Hooker Clarke, D.F.E.S. ’92, conservation projects worldwide for Harbin, closer to the Sino-Russian environmental chief at NASA Ames the past 15-plus years, working with border. Eugene works on Amur River Research Center, Mountain View, the Global Environment Facility, the basin conservation, dealing with Calif., issued the center’s first envi- United Nations, the World Bank, issues in transboundary water transfers ronmental sustainability report. The NGOs and private companies. I and transboundary protected areas in annual reports will highlight efforts volunteer on the boards of two non- Northeast Asia. Besides being to reduce the center’s environmental profits and, more recently, have involved in environmental consultancy footprint in Silicon Valley and the become involved with a local entre- for the past three years, Eugene has Bay Area, while supporting the preneurial company called Floating been a researcher at the Chinese- region’s growing ecotechnology sector. Island International, which has Mongolian-Russian Dauria International „ Greg Knoettner writes: “I’m on invented and is fine-tuning a won- Protected Area, where his fieldwork the coast of Maine, surfing, sailing derful example of biomimicry—a area borders the Mongolian domain and running our girls around. I’m floating island modeled after naturally of Rich Reading ’86, Ph.D. ’93. also developing software from home occurring floating islands in Wisconsin [email protected] while the dogs look on.” „ Aliza and many other places. It turns out „ Jamison Suter writes: “Hello from Mizrahi writes: “I am working on these things have some real potential Diécké in southeastern Guinea, West organic agriculture. I have two kids, applications in wastewater treatment Africa! I am the environmental and Anat, 8, and Yael, 6.” „ Peter worldwide and especially in the community relations manager for Palmiotto, D.F. ’98, director of the developing world.” „ Arjun Heimsath BHP Billiton’s iron ore exploration conservation biology program at writes: “I moved to Phoenix a couple activities in the Republic of Guinea. Antioch New England Graduate of years ago because of the conver- While mining creates holes in the School, has served as a core faculty gence of intellectual forces—sustain- ground, when done responsibly and member in the Environmental ability, Earth and space exploration planned carefully, it can actually lead Studies Department since 2001 and and human evolution and social to significant net environmental serves the institution as director of change; they are three new schools at benefits. This is especially true in a the Monadnock Ecological Research Arizona State University that I work place like Guinea, where many live and Education Project and co-director closely with. Love it!” „ Bill Mott at a subsistence level and pursue of the Center for Tropical Ecology celebrated 10 years of working at the livelihoods (slash-and-burn agricul- and Conservation. Peter also serves Ocean Project, helping aquariums, ture, hunting, charcoal production) the broader community as an alternate zoos and museums around the world in an unsustainable manner. By on the Town of Walpole’s conservation to increase their effectiveness at providing alternatives, investing in commission and as a member of the generating conservation awareness improved natural resources and Pisgah Technical Committee, which and action with their millions of protected-areas management and advises the State of New Hampshire visitors. In June, the Ocean Project reducing dependence on low-tech on the development of a master plan released the results from a sweeping resource-consumptive livelihoods, for Pisgah State Park. new national survey titled America, the benefits can be significant.” 1993 the Ocean, and Climate Change: New Research Insights for Conservation, 1994 Class Secretaries Awareness, and Action, which polled Class Secretaries Dean Gibson over 22,000 Americans on a range of Jane Calvin Molly Goodyear ocean- and environment-related Cynthia Henshaw Heather Merbs topics. It is the largest environmental Jane Whitehill Jeff Griffin writes: “My wife, Amy, survey ever conducted, with lots of Cynthia Caron writes: “I gave birth and I moved our family back to my strategic information for all sorts of to my first child in August in Sri

44 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Lanka. Anjali Cecilia weighed in at included an insane 4x4 drive through policy debates and good times. 4.25 lbs. We’ll return to the United the untouched highlands of Lesotho, [email protected] States in November.” „ Greg Corbin seeing community tourism in action „ Jessica Bennett Wilkinson and writes: “I live in and love Portland, at Bulungula on the Wild Coast and her husband, Eric, and sons Josh, 9, Ore. I recently joined the board of parasailing off Table Mountain in and Ethan, 6, moved to Amherst, the nonprofit Sustainable Northwest. Cape Town.” „ Guido Rahr was in Mass., last January. Jessica works The organization has good F&ES Moscow with Laura Williams ’93 for remotely for the Environmental Law ties, with Maia Enzer ’93 serving as the United States-Russia Civil Society Institute in Washington, D.C. its policy director and Wendy Summit, which was held in conjunc- [email protected] Gerlitz ’95 as a senior policy advi- tion with the Obama-Medvedev sor.” www.sustainablenorthwest.org presidential summit. Guido and 1995 15th Reunion Year „ Cris Cosslett writes: “I’ve lived in Laura, who now works with the Class Secretaries Tirana, Albania, for three years, for- Wild Salmon Center, worked together Marie Gunning “I am lucky to be mulating biodiversity conservation on a resolution asking both presidents Ciara O’Connell projects for the Global Environment to support the leadership of NGOs teaching children Ayesha Ercelawn writes: “I am lucky Facility. Latest projects are for involved in U.S.-Russia environmental to be teaching children about the protected-areas management and efforts at protecting wild salmon and about the natural world natural world in a school garden in financing in the Congo River Basin the North Pacific Ocean. President San Francisco and am happily living and in Southeast Asia. I’m starting Obama came to the Civil Society in a school garden in Berkeley, surrounded by trees, hills to get involved with Reducing Summit and expressed his support. and a bike-friendly neighborhood.” Emissions from Deforestation [email protected] in San Francisco.” „ Heinrich Jessen lives in Singapore and Forest Degradation.” „ Rajesh Thadani, Ph.D. ’99, has with his wife, Joeana, and their two — Ayesha Ercelawn ’95 [email protected] „ Tad started the Centre for Ecology, boys, Benedict and Joachim. Gallion writes: “It’s been a full year Development and Research, a Heinrich chairs the Southeast Asian of stay-at-home dadhood for me. research-based NGO that will arm of his family’s business enterprise, Lots of time to watch the kids loaf operate out of Dehradun in the Jebsen & Jessen. With a long history and obsess on how best to replace Himalayan foothills. He advises the of incorporating environmental prin- our old, failed television or to exer- Sir Ratan Tata Trust, a large philan- ciples into its activities, the industrial cise a dog with a bulging waistline. thropy working in rural areas across group recently embarked on a carbon Kristen has enjoyed her first year India. He writes, “Our son, Rishna, neutrality program. Several F&ES and with a new, interesting, but difficult, goes to the Mirambika free progress other Yale alumni have done intern- job at the Dana-Farber Cancer school, a small school in Delhi that ships at the company over the past Institute. Peace and love from believes in allowing kids to develop 15 years. „ Sarah (Cole) McDaniel Brookline, Mass.” „ Bill Keeton fin- their own strengths rather than opened a solo law practice, Maine ished a sabbatical year, with several cramming them full of facts.” Land Law, LLC, PA, in Gorham, months spent abroad, including field [email protected] Maine. She writes: “If you, or anyone research in the Carpathian „ Michael Webber writes: “I am in you know, have legal questions about Mountains of western Ukraine and my seventh year at the Trinity Pawling land you own in Maine (boundary visiting scientist gigs at universities School teaching A.P. environmental disputes, rights-of-way, permitting in Vienna, Berlin, Rome and Geneva. science and chemistry. I am also issues), contact me!” He is co-directing the Carbon advisor to the senior class and [email protected] Dynamics Laboratory at the University coaching football and baseball. I „ Tetsuro Mori writes: “I have been of Vermont. „ Scott Mathison writes: spent this past summer painting in an independent auditor (ISO 14001) “I, my wife, Kelly, and children, Jasper Pawling, N.Y., and spending time and a consultant for three years. I am and Ella, recently returned from a with my family at our home in Old also training to become an auditor four-and-a-half-month holiday/ Saybrook, Conn. Our three children for chain-of-custody and Forest sabbatical in southern Africa. After a have kept us busy—Larry, 11, Joe, 9, Stewardship Council certification. month driving the wilds of Namibia and Veronica, 2.” „ Jane Whitehill is I am trying to develop, with other in a 4x4, we rented a home in a working in drug development and people, a curriculum for a vision small agricultural town in the living in East Harlem, where she quest workshop led by Dr. Fujimura Western Cape of South Africa and watched the Dance of the Giglio on of Atelier Non-electric to help spent half our time getting to know Pleasant Avenue. She was delighted people find their true self and the Montagu community traveling to see so many at reunion weekend become happier in the ‘Kyosei’ throughout South Africa. Highlights in May and to participate in the

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(non-competitive, sustainable) society.” I got married to Tom DeWinter on managed a school construction proj- http://rd2happiness.blogspot.com/ May 2! It was a wonderful day, start- ect and I had the great opportunity class „ Harry Scott runs the timber pro- ing with a Catholic ceremony in to work with Peace Corps Mali’s gram of the Francis Marion National Boston and evolving into a Hindu Small Enterprise Development team. Forest in South Carolina. The program one in Cambridge (complete with My job gave me the chance to travel actively thins post-Hurricane Hugo ‘baraat,’ or marriage procession), throughout Mali and see the great (1989) regenerated loblolly and pine which was kicked off by my husband work of volunteers, an amazingly hardwood stands, with pulpwood being on a white horse, wearing a diverse landscape and an amazing and biomass (fuel chip) harvests. turban and surrounded by our initiative by Malians in the face of This year’s highlights included a visit friends dancing it up to Bollywood desperate poverty and resource chal- from world traveler Lloyd Raleigh music. It was a bit of an F&ES lenges. We are back in Vermont now ’96 and visits to Cambodia and Laos reunion—Bob Fitzgerald and Kris and still absorbing all that we experi- (Mekong Delta to Ankor Wat) and Phelps, Anne Reynolds, Antoinette enced.” „ Keegan Eisenstadt writes: Peru (Amazon jungle to Machu Wannebo, Ted Wickwire and “My wife, Kristy, and I have two little Picchu) with his wife, Sandy. Rhonda Williams. On the work front, boys. We live in Missoula, Mont., Root Capital was recognized by and enjoy being in the woods. A 1996 Financial Times and the International couple of years ago, I founded a Class Secretaries Finance Corporation for ‘Achievement climate change consulting company, Kathryn Pipkin for Banking at the Base of the designing carbon forestry projects Julie Rothrock Pyramid.’ It’s been a good year.” around the world. We’re actively „ Jigme Palden writes: “I gave up involved in the energetic international Saleem Ali published a book, my teaching job to join politics, and debate that concerns climate change Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, I lost in the first democratic election and the role that forests can and and a Sustainable Future, in October, for the Upper House. I was jobless should play. We often work with written for a broad audience and get- for more than a year, but I am now communal forest landholders, who ting some notable advance endorse- working as a freelance consultant are interested in improving their ments (see Bookshelf, page 23). and a tour operator based in the forest management and entering the „ Sharon Cooper writes: “I am the capital, Thimphu. Robin Sears was carbon marketplace.” „ Zeon Nam assistant director of education at here in Bhutan on business in May.” Jin writes: “I moved from Rome to Deep Earth Academy, which is the [email protected] Suva, Fiji Islands, in September education arm of the scientific 2007. Since then I have been work- ocean-drilling program (officially 1997 ing at the embassy of the Republic of known as Integrated Ocean Drilling Korea in Suva as the Korean ambas- Program). We run the U.S. vessel for Class Secretary sador to Fiji Islands. I stay here with ocean drilling, the JOIDES Resolution, Paul Calzada my wife and enjoy an exotic South and I work with educators and stu- Stacy (Ritter) Brown writes: “After Pacific life. I shall be here until August dents to teach them about the work graduation, my husband, Randy, and 2010.” „ Madeline June Kass was of the ship and its resources for I have been living outside of promoted to associate professor of learning about many aspects of Earth Montpelier in central Vermont in a law at Thomas Jefferson School of and ocean science and life at sea. house we designed. We have two Law in San Diego, Calif. Her twin Jason and I had our third child last kids, Jenna, 7, and Gus, 5, and an boys are now 9 years old and head- November. We are now the happy Amazon parrot, and we are soon to ing into fourth grade. „ Jon Kohl and busy parents of three young embark on the puppy experience. I writes: “I just got back from Africa, boys, 7 and 3 years old, and 9 have worked with National Wildlife where I visited Malawi and months. We live in Fairfax, Va.” Federation’s northeastern field office Swaziland as a U.S. State Department www.joidesresolution.org on sustainable forest management speaker. I talked about ecotourism „ Liza Esser writes: “My husband, and forest certification initiatives. development in those countries. I Gary Fitzgerald, and I are living in Not surprisingly, many of the folks have two projects. First is my eco- Washington, D.C. We celebrated our with whom I work at other NGOs— village, which is developing. We one-year wedding anniversary this landowners or forest products com- have a formal association in Costa summer, and we are happy to panies—are F&ES grads! For the Rica and are developing a friends announce that we are expecting our past year, however, we had a major group in the United States. I’m also first child in February!” „ Namrita change of scenery and took one-year working on a book with a professor Kapur writes: “My big news is that leaves from our jobs to head over to at the University of Montana about Bamako, Mali, where my husband

46 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies the new paradigm in protected-areas companies and NGOs on sustainable friends.” „ Jess Lawrence writes: planning. Our research indicates that water strategy, water rights and the “I’m renovating an old house that I the problem isn’t our technical abil- water-energy-climate nexus. recently bought in Oakland with my ity, but the very paradigm and world- partner of eight years, Shawn view that underlie our concept of 1998 Sullivan. I work at Earthjustice’s planning.” www.querencia.co.cr Class Secretaries International Program, mostly on „ Shalini Ramanathan writes: “I’m Nadine Block petitions to U.N. agencies and the now the vice president of develop- Claire Corcoran EPA on how easily-mitigated soot ment for the south central region at emissions increase Arctic glacier melt Claire Corcoran writes: “Inspired by Renewable Energy Systems Americas. and sea levels. I’m on the board of our fun reunion last year, I got “I got married to The region includes wind projects in the Borneo Project, where I was together this summer with Krieg Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, as well executive director for four years, Brown; Chris Elwell and his wife, Tom DeWinter on May 2! as solar projects in Arizona and New coordinating capacity-building for Kirsty, and their daughter, Georgiana; Mexico. I am based in Austin.” community-based natural resource and Joseph Guse and his wife, Lucy, It was a wonderful „ Bill Stanley writes: “I, my wife, management, ancestral lands map- and their daughter, Gretta, for a long Megan, and kids, Cate, 6, and Luke, 2, ping with GPS/GIS and legal aid for weekend in New Hampshire. Joe day, starting with a moved from Virginia to Columbus, indigenous land-rights court cases. Taggart and his wife, Wendy, Ohio, during this year’s bitter cold We lived in Borneo in 2006 and 2007 stopped by with their three kids. It Catholic ceremony January to be nearer to family and to and made a half-hour-long docu- was great to see everyone again! This start a new chapter with The Nature mentary, Rumah Nor, on a precedent- past year I co-authored a publication and evolving into a Conservancy (TNC). My work at setting case.” www.stopsoot.org, for Massachusetts Audubon on land TNC over the past 10 years has www.borneoproject.org one in use change called Losing Ground: Hindu ranged from being a carbon forester, „ Lisa Mastny is nearing her 11th Beyond the Footprint; Patterns of to climate change, and now to con- year at the Worldwatch Institute, Cambridge (complete Development and Their Impact on the servation in a state program. I’m where she now serves as senior editor Nature of Massachusetts. We present keeping busy outside of work with and has been helping to produce with or some cool analyses of the ecological ‘baraat,’ the kids, building a tree house and reports on a wide range of environ- impact of development as measured getting to know new people and mental topics, from green jobs to marriage procession), by the Conservation Assessment and places. There is still a little time to climate mitigation to environmental Prioritization System, a computer hack around on the guitar, but the health. She telecommutes from which was kicked off by model developed at University of tunes have changed from Neil Young Durango, Colo., and is an active Massachusetts, Amherst, and applied to Dan Zanes.” „ José Juan Terrasa- volunteer around town (when she’s my husband being here to the whole state. The report is Soler is deputy executive director for not hiking, rafting or exploring). She available online, as is a breakdown of planning and development at the lives with her partner, Steve, and her on a white horse, its findings by town, watershed and Puerto Rico Tourism Company, cattle dog, Tasman, and also serves as ecoregion for conservation and responsible for the planning and board secretary of the Sustainability wearing a turban development planning on different development of new tourism facilities Alliance of Southwest Colorado, levels. I live in Boston with my hus- and surrounded by our and the promotion of sustainable helping to encourage local residents band, Will, and three kids, and am tourism practices in Puerto Rico. He and decision-makers to support enjoying being involved with park dancing it has also been appointed chief devel- more sustainable policies and friends stewardship and advocacy, including opment officer of the Puerto Rico lifestyles. „ Paula (Lebowitz) a new initiative called the Boston up to Bollywood music.” Convention Center District Schauwecker is practicing law at Park Advocates Network.” Authority, a public corporation in the firm of Beveridge & Diamond in www.massaudubon.org/losingground — Namrita Kapur ’96 charge of the largest tourism-oriented New York City, where her practice „ Elise Fields writes: “After living in development district in San Juan. focuses on toxic torts and complex Seattle, New York and New Haven José Juan lives in Miramar, San Juan, litigation. She is also an adjunct for 12 great years, I have finally come with his wife, Dr. Alicia Olmo, and professor of law at Pace Law School, home to California. My husband, Eric, daughter, Sara Lauren. „ Peter Yolles where she teaches land use law and and I, along with our two children, is living in the San Francisco Bay environmental litigation. Paula is moved to Santa Barbara in January. Area with his wife, Jill Einstein, also reviving her music career and Although we miss our great friends a son, Sam, 7, and a daughter, is writing, recording and performing. in Seattle, we are really enjoying the Amanda, 5. Peter recently founded She plans to launch a new website warm weather and closer proximity WaterInsight.com, a water manage- and a new CD in early 2010. Her to all of our family and many old ment consultancy. He advises sons, Andrew, 22, and Eric, 21,

Fall 2009 47 are pursuing artistic careers. „ Sarah Whitney writes: “I am living near Allentown, Pa., and am now the associate director for Pennsylvania Sea Grant, heading up the Harrisburg office. I work mostly on aquatic invasive species outreach and policy, but other water quality issues get thrown in as well. My son, Nathaniel, 15 months, keeps us on our toes. We are hoping to introduce him to hiking and camping this fall.” 1999 Class Secretaries Jocelyn Forbush Jennifer Garrison Ross Christiana Jones Kirsten Prettyman Adams writes: “We are living in Baltimore with our three kids. We live on the campus of a boarding school, so our kids love exploring the acres of forest, farmland and streams. We spent the summer enjoying the school’s community garden. The summer harvest was amazing.” „ Jeffrey Blake writes: “Since graduating, I have switched employers twice and continue to take on additional responsibilities in the environmental, health and safety field. My wife and I have recently relocated to Michigan, where we were both born, and have been blessed with a daughter, 5.” „ Steven Bosak writes: “I’m working for a regional environmental agency in New Zealand, but Mia, the three kids and I are considering a return to the United States at the end of the year. We’ve been exploring the north and south islands and just did a trip to Australia. I’ve enjoyed developing a biodiversity policy for my region and working with local farmers to promote an afforestation program designed to help New Zealand meet its Kyoto commitments while help- ing regional governments enhance soil, water quality and habitat.” [email protected]. „ Denise Burchsted writes: “I am working on my Ph.D. in geosciences at the University of Connecticut. I am returning to Yale to conduct research Extension. Major projects include green his church, St. Columba’s, in at Yale-Myers Forest, studying the use of social media to engage northwest Washington, D.C. impacts of beaver activity on stream Minnesota family forest owners and processes. My beautiful, active boys, dissertation research on the impact 2000 10th Reunion Year 2 and 6, keep me out on the water of personal networks on landowner Class Secretaries during any free time I might find.” behavior. Eli lives in the Twin Cities Erika Schaub „ Brett Furnas writes: “I am a with his wife, Amy Kay, and daugh- Zikun Yu wildlife biologist with the California ters, Evelyn and Catherine.” Monica Araya, Ph.D. ’06, writes: “In Department of Fish and Game. I am „ Lila San Gil writes: “I am a July, I joined E3G, a U.K. policy group, also a Ph.D. candidate at University contractor with Cooperative and Josh Schachter ’99 after two years at Climate Change of California, Berkeley, studying International Forestry, with the Capital (CCC), the asset manager. I songbirds and biodiversity monitoring Forest Service Regional Office in worked with am also supporting the World Tibetan methods in northern California.” Albuquerque, N.M., after a two-and- Economic Forum’s business task „ Andre Heinz writes: “As co-founder a-half-year absence to stay home with refugees at the force on low carbon prosperity and of the Sustainable Technologies babies, now 3 and 5. My husband, two stand-alone projects in Costa Fund, I am busy investing in Inigo, is working with the Longterm Tibetan Children’s Village Rica. At CCC, I saw Michela de Palo Scandinavian clean-tech companies Ecological Research Network Office ’04 every day. I very frequently see and spending considerable time in at the University of New Mexico. in India to create Stephen Campbell ’99 and Sasha the region (mostly Stockholm).” Our newest additions are six baby Silver ’01.” „ Berry Brosi married www.stechfund.com „ Norris and chicks. I am volunteering with a digital stories Karen Levy at the end of September, Allyson Muth live in central nonprofit that aims to build a zero- just outside of Yosemite National Pennsylvania. Norris is a botany energy charter school.” cienaguas.org, about their lives. Park with many F&ESers present. professor at Juniata College in [email protected] The couple will both start tenure- Huntingdon, Pa. Allyson is a forest „ Josh Schachter runs a photography track faculty positions at Emory stewardship program associate at and community-based media busi- University in Atlanta in January, Pennsylvania State University. In ness out of Tucson. For the past 10 Berry in the environmental studies December 2008, they welcomed years he has been working with department and Karen in the School Grace Ellen to their family. youth and community groups of Public Health. Berry is finishing „ Peter Price-Thomas married throughout the United States and his postdoc at Stanford and living in Annalise in November 2007, with around the globe on media projects. San Francisco through the end of the Andre Heinz and Rob Klee, Ph.D. He facilitates projects that help year. „ Sylvia (Stone) Busby left The ’05, in attendance as groomsmen. communities produce their own Nature Conservancy of California Peter is based in the United photographs and media that offer after three years as conservation sci- Kingdom. He has been working as opportunities for self-expression and ence and planning program manager, an international consultant for the to help ensure that they have a voice just before the birth of her second Natural Step; setting up a project in shaping the future of their com- daughter, Torrey. She and her husband, called EcoChurch to help Christians munities. In 2008, he worked with Bruce, and their two girls recently see sustainability as a practical exten- Tibetan refugees at the Tibetan moved from the Bay Area to San Diego sion of their faith; and co-authoring Children’s Village in India to create in order to be near their families. They with Dan Esty the follow-up to Green digital stories about their lives, initi- enjoy hiking in the Torrey Pines to Gold, titled The Green to Gold ated a girls’ media program in south- State Reserve. „ Linus Chen is an Playbook, a practical guide for eastern Nigeria and facilitated a digital advisory attorney at the Department businesses on how to embed sustain- storytelling workshop for youth living of the Interior Solicitor’s Office, ability into their operations. The in townships outside of Cape Town. working on wildlife and refuge book will be published by Wiley in He also continues to work extensively issues. He is active in the Udall early 2010. [email protected], with the increasing refugee and Foundation, helping out with the www.naturalstep.org immigrant population in Tucson. new scholars’ orientation and the „ Miguel Romero and Steven Price www.joshphotos.com, Udall alumni association conference. spent a week in August scouting www.findingvoiceproject.org In his free time, he teaches spinning, sites in northwest Patagonia for an „ John Wickham is a consultant at kickboxing and boot camp at the upcoming fly-fishing forestry tour the Global Environment Facility in Washington Sports Clubs and Sports and reunion. Inquiries can be sent to the World Bank, where he has been Clubs LA and sings with Choral Arts [email protected]. since 2008. He is excited by the new (most recently sharing the stage with „ Eli Sagor is nearing his 10th year U.S. administration and its strong Barry Manilow at the Fourth of July with the University of Minnesota environmental team. John helps

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concert). „ Philip Johnson was late January, days after their firstborn, Northwest Highlands of the state. He named senior program officer in Lucas, turns 2. „ Steve Rhee, Ph.D. is also engaged in auto racing in the class environment by the Pittsburgh- ’06, writes: “After two years working Formula Vee class in the SCCA based Heinz Endowments in April. on trade issues at the U.S. State North Atlantic Road Racing Johnson, who is completing a doc- Department through the American Championships at Lime Rock Park, torate in environmental health and Association for the Advancement of Watkins Glen International. risk management at Yale, previously Science’s science and technology worked on air and water pollution policy fellowship, I’m moving back 2001 issues in the government and to Indonesia to work for the Ford Class Secretaries nonprofit sectors and founded Air Foundation as their program officer Leigh Cash Intelligence, an organization that for community development and Adam Chambers assists communities facing serious natural assets. I will be responsible Jennifer Grimm contamination difficulties. for grant-making related to rural Dave Ellum, Ph.D. ’07, writes: „ Caroline Kuebler and Peter Hill ’01 communities’ rights over natural “Mona, Townes, 7, and Seija, 2, are got hitched lakeside in Elberta, Mich., resources and improved local liveli- doing great. I’m really enjoying on September 6, 2008. Joining them hoods.” „ Dylan Simonds writes: teaching at Warren Wilson College at the celebration were Navis “My wife, Dorlon, and I celebrated and have been appointed college Bermudez; Berry Brosi; Laura (Pyle) the birth of our second son, Andrew, forest director. In March we hosted a Brunton ’03 and Chuck Brunton ’03; on January 14. He and big brother leg of the F&ES/University of Kerry Cesareo ’01; Roberta Elias Will, 2, fill our home with laughter Munich silviculture field trip. It was ’01; Anne Eschtruth; Mary Ford ’01; and keep us in a near-constant state a joy to see Herr Professor Ashton Heather Griscom, Ph.D. ’04, and of exhaustion. My fellow pals Carlos and his merry band. This November Bronson Griscom; Matt Hollamby Pineda and Roger Williams and we are hosting The Forest Guild’s ’01; Lisbet Kugler ’01, Ph.D. ’03; their spouses have followed my lead southeast regional meeting.” Erika (McFarlane) Mark; Laura by moving across the bridge from „ Rick Fox writes: “I’m moving to Nelms; Colin O’Brien ’01; Chris San Francisco to Marin County, D.C., uprooting the family from our Oishi ’01; Ellen (Clark) Sorensen; where the concentration of F&ES Jackson Hole nirvana to take a policy Ray Wan ’01; and Jim Woodworth ’01. alumni is unusually high.” job at the U.S. Forest Service. All in „ Yuki Matsuoka writes: “I am a „ Julie Stein has been working with all it’s a net positive—better work, farmer’s market ‘Hyaku-sai’ sub- two new initiatives as co-founding better pay, better schools for the kids manager. Four years have passed steering committee and board member. (Jen and I have three children now), since I moved to this southern The first is the Human Wildlife closer to family and so forth.” island, Tokunoshima, near Okinawa Conflict Collaboration, which offers „ Katina (Henderson) Hanson in Japan. My first purpose was to be an experiential conservation and writes: “Josh and I and our son, an organic farmer of mangoes in the conflict training for wildlife profes- Atticus, 3, are living outside D.C. I tropical island, though I’m working sionals. The second is a global work at USDA headquarters as the for local farmers as an officer in local certification and eco-label called Farm Service Agency’s program man- government. This June I participated Wildlife Friendly, which launched ager for the emergency conservation in a triathlon. My daughter, Tenma, 3, last year and has certified five program. I love my job and have a has started to command two lan- product lines, with several more in new opportunity as the agency guages—Japanese and the language the pipeline. [email protected], contact for the secretary’s People’s of the islanders. This place is almost http://snowthepitbull.wordpress.com/, Garden Initiative.” „ Georgia Silvera like a heaven to raise a child, as the www.humanwildlifeconflict.org, Seamans is completing her disserta- bond of the local community is so www.wildlifefriendly.org tion on the role of street trees in strong.” „ Christy (Vollbracht) „ Harry White continues his work Northern California cities between Merrick is an independent consultant in land conservation in northwestern 1980 and 2008. in environmental communications in Connecticut, having been intimately Fort Lauderdale and is pleased to involved in the permanent protection 2002 report that she found time between of over 6,000 acres of wildlands and consulting projects and taking care agricultural systems since graduation. Class Secretaries of her two young daughters to learn Of particular note is his success in Catherine Bottrill to surf this summer. „ Ali Abuyuan protecting over 400 acres as Forever Roberto J. Frau Monge and her husband, Lindsay, Wild forestland as part of his old- Mahua Acharya went back to India are expecting their second child in growth restoration campaign in the last January after close to 11 years

50 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies overseas, moving between of Geography. My focus is utilizing in April—San Antonio! Michael is Switzerland, the United States and traditional fishermens’ knowledge with ESRI, and Zhanna is home taking the United Kingdom. She is now to help develop ecosystem-based care of the new house and their kids, with Emergent Ventures, a clean sustainable fishing management Danna, 11, and Kair, 3.” energy and climate change firm programs. My work has taken me to „ Kate Giese and her husband, Jeb based in New Delhi, where she is Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominican Wofford, recently moved to Luray, responsible for leading the firm’s Republic and Puerto Rico. Autumn Va. She is director of the Shenandoah strategic ventures and all of its takes me to Venezuela, and my work Valley Network and has a 1-year-old international operations. is located on the beautiful island of son, Will. „ Shalini Gupta is „ Sarah (Wakefield) Adhya was St. Croix—the place I call home.” wrapping up her Archibald Bush “I’m at the Yale married in Vermont this June to Yale „ Beth Cullen is in Seattle with King Foundation Fellowship at the Center SOM graduate Nilanjan Adhya. County Water and Land Resources for Earth, Energy and Democracy at medical school, Yemeserach Megenasa, Akiko Division as a water quality planner. the Institute for Agriculture and Kawaguchi and Shalini Gupta flew She writes: “Our work was mostly Trade Policy in Minneapolis. She applying my training long distances to join the celebration. focused on toxic blue-green algae attended Sarah Wakefield’s wedding „ Cesar Alcacer and Paola Amador (cyanobacteria) this summer. In part- in Vermont in June, and she had a in ecology to the write: “A little bit more than a year nership with the state health depart- chance to see Akiko Kawaguchi, after our arrival in the United ment, I field managed a half-million- who came in from Shanghai, and epidemiology Kingdom, we have decided to come dollar grant from the Centers for Yemi Tessema, who came in from back to Spain. But the important news Disease Control and Prevention to Davis, Calif. She is looking forward of microbial diseases, is that our daughter, Mar, was born track cyanobacteria blooms in our to seeing Laura Meadors, who will last July (just at the right time to lakes and recorded human and pet be running the Twin Cities Marathon HIV, hepatitis C and start packing boxes).” „ Barbara illnesses and deaths. It’s a regional in Minneapolis in October. Bamberger writes: “I work for the partnership with three counties, 30 „ Shafqat Hussain, Ph.D. ’09, tuberculosis.” Office of Climate Change of the volunteers, two state agencies, Seattle writes: “This fall I start my new job California Air Resources Board with University and a few contractors. It’s as assistant professor of environmental — Skip Barbour, the team that is implementing the a huge project to manage, but it has anthropology at Trinity College in D.F.E.S. ’02 California cap-and-trade program. I been incredibly fun. I bought a Hartford.” „ Nissa Mardiah writes: am the technical leader for forests house with my fiancé, Kevin le “Since February, I am in a new post within our group.” „ Skip Barbour, Doux, in Seattle last February. We’re as head of the subdivision for climate D.F.E.S., writes: “I’m at the Yale prepping the backyard with native change mitigation for the nonenergy medical school, applying my training plants and a victory garden to host sector at the State Ministry of in ecology to the epidemiology of our wedding there next summer.” Environment of Indonesia. I have microbial diseases, HIV, hepatitis C „ Mike DeBonis, southwest regional four children, three boys and a girl. and tuberculosis. Viewing infection director of the Forest Guild, is interim They are 12, 8, 7 and 5.” in terms of microbial ecology has executive director of the guild’s „ Rachel Novick, Ph.D. ’08, writes: been very interesting. I have published board of directors. Mike has agreed “I planned a conference at Notre three papers on this approach based to serve in this role until a new Dame that took place in October on my research in St. Petersburg, executive director has been selected. called “Renewing the Campus: Russia.” „ Catherine Bottrill writes: His knowledge of daily and national Sustainability and the Catholic “I hung out on the West Coast this Forest Guild activities will help University.” On July 31, we welcomed summer as I participated in an awe- to ensure a smooth transition. Caleb Dov into our family. Aiden is some workshop on global sustain- „ Derik Frederiksen writes: “Work enjoying being a big brother.” ability at the Santa Fe Institute. I was and life in Seattle are amazing. „ Colleen Ryan writes: “I’m an eco- immersed in climate change modeling, Sealaska Environmental continues logical modeler for the Forest Service economics and technology—a bunch to grow—we now have over 60 involved in a nationwide mapping of us threw in behavior change to employees! Ella will be entering fifth project called LANDFIRE. My job is round things out. I spent the rest of grade, after having starred in a in Missoula, Mont., but I still spend the summer in Berkeley and Seattle, production of the play The Music most of my time on the East Coast. catching up with a few F&ESers and Man all summer. We took a road trip When in Montana, I sometimes get trying to progress on my Ph.D.” down to the Redwood National to see Dylan Taylor, who is living in „ Liam Carr writes: “I’m starting my Forest this summer.” „ Michael Bozeman and working for American fourth year of Ph.D. work at Texas Funaro and Zhanna Beisembaeva- Wildlands. 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Becky Tavani’s wedding and subse- capacity building in the National for Agriculture and Trade Policy. quent weeklong party. Afterward, Environment Commission. I also [email protected], class Dylan, Sarah Canham and I did bought an apartment with my fiancé, www.yalebooks.com/squeezed some backpacking in the Dolomites whom I met while working at the „ Betony Jones has started her own of northern Italy. Hopefully, that got World Bank. We plan to get married consulting firm—Fourth Sector me in shape for running the New next spring.” „ Larisa Grawe Strategies—working on projects in York City marathon in November.” DeSantis is excited to announce energy efficiency, climate, forestry „ Becky Tavani writes: “I got the birth of her daughter, Sydney Jo, and rural green jobs. She writes: “I’m hitched on September 19 in Rome to the completion of her Ph.D. at the immensely enjoying self-employment, my Italian squeeze, Davide Iacovoni. University of Florida and her as it gives me more time to explore I don’t know what is more exciting, acceptance of a faculty position the Sierra by foot, rope and pedal.” matrimony or the minireunion that at Vanderbilt University in the „ Krithi Karanth spent four months transpired, mixed with cultural Department of Earth and in India collecting data in 10 parks chaos! Sarah Canham, Rachel Environmental Sciences. for her postdoc. Keya, 2, had a Fertik, Colleen Ryan, Roberto Frau, „ Jason Drebitko writes: “Clare and marvelous time in India. Dylan Taylor and Hatsy Moore ’06 I have been in Woodstock, Vt., since „ Sunanda Kishore writes: “It has shared the special day with us, as 2003. I spend most of my time man- been an exciting year. My husband well as a relaxing week on the Isle aging an environmentally and socially and I welcomed a new addition to of Ponza.” responsible company that makes fine our family, Mandira Kishore Cruz, 1. furniture, pottery and accessories by I am with the World Bank and 2003 hand, ShackletonThoms. I also recently co-authored a book, Class Secretaries provide management and economic International Trade and Climate Brian Goldberg consulting for nonprofit environ- Change: Economic, Legal and Benjamin Hodgdon mental and cultural organizations, Institutional Perspectives, which I was having recently worked with National happy to learn was nominated for an Ian Cheney writes: “I’m growing Audubon and the Annenberg International Choice Award. I am food in the back of my pickup truck Foundation. We have two fast- also working on climate adaptation and finishing work on a film about growing children, Will and Lucy, and assessments for bank projects in the light pollution and the disappearance are busy trying to balance work, play hopes of identifying how best to of darkness from the Earth.” and family.” „ Brian Goldberg is integrate such practices for the „ Daniela Cusack writes: “I finished seeking ways to make his life livable future.” „ Pete Land married Emily my Ph.D. at Berkeley in ecosystem in New York City. One fun venture Copeland in Vermont on September science, and I started a postdoc this has been his involvement in pro bono 19. They will split time in Boston, fall at the University of California, work for the Maasai Wilderness where she is attending graduate Santa Barbara. My new field site will Conservation Trust. This fall, Brian is school at Boston College, and be the Big Island of Hawaii, and I organizing his company’s efforts to Burlington, where they bought a will be studying the effects of raise funds for the trust by sponsoring house. „ Kelly Levin defended her increasing wildfires (resulting from runners in the 2009 New York City dissertation this June at F&ES and invasive grasses) on soil carbon Marathon. www.maasaimarathon.com joined the World Resources Institute storage. I will be part time in Santa „ Alissa Hamilton, Ph.D. ’06, to work on international climate Barbara and part time in Hawaii. My writes: “This summer has been busy policy. She’s based in Boston. boyfriend of five years is moving with the release of Squeezed: What „ Cherie (Lim) Lin writes: “I down with me from Santa Cruz, so I You Don’t Know About Orange Juice, married in May and have moved to guess perhaps we are seriously going published by Yale University Press Cleveland to be with my husband. I steady now. I miss you, F&ES!” (see Bookshelf, page 22). The book am establishing the foundation for „ Maria Ana de Rijk writes: “I am has attracted some unexpected, but my company, Envirodox, an environ- living and working in Mexico City. I welcome, media attention. I encour- mental due diligence firm, and seek- am working for the Strategic Program age alumni to check out the book’s ing to expand my market here in the Fund at the British Embassy. I am a website/blog. All comments, including Midwest and on the East Coast.” project officer, focusing on changing the one from the Florida Department „ Carlos Linares went back to legislation in Mexico and Central of Citrus, are welcome. I have a few Washington, D.C., after graduation America to put climate change on months left of my Food and Society and spent one year as a water and the national agenda. Other projects Policy fellowship with the Institute sanitation consultant for the World focus on energy efficiency and

52 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Bank and private consulting firms. In stimulus funding for our coral reef while Marco has started his own 2005 he was senior water policy resilience work in the Keys and U.S. company, Sustainability 3.0. advisor at the United Nations Caribbean. Elle, 5, is starting pre- „ Eunhae Jeong writes: “In August, Development Programme in New school. We’re expecting a baby boy, Dean Peter Crane and Korean F&ES York. He is now living in Alexandria, via adoption from Ethiopia, to be alumni had a dinner during Dean Va., and working for International home with us around the end of the Crane’s visit to the Republic of Relief and Development (IRD). As year.” „ Yvette Williams writes: “I Korea. Participants included Ji-Seok senior infrastructure officer at IRD, am in my third year of my Ph.D. Kim ’00, British Embassy in Korea; he is in charge of managing technical program in geography at the Eun-Shik Kim, Ph.D. ’88, professor assistance and infrastructure devel- University of Maryland, Baltimore of Kookmin University; Choony “I recently opment programs for USAID in County. I expect to be in candidacy Kim ’07, Korea Federation for opened Kosovo and the Department of State by this fall.” „ Our thanks to Scott Environmental Movement; and the Early Street Grow in Iraq. „ Fuyumi Naito writes: “I Threadgill for his years of service as me, director of the environmental live in Geneva and am a diplomat. I class secretary. Welcome, Ben information office, Ministry of It Green Community cover some environment treaties Hodgdon! Environment.” (see photo on the 2004 here. My husband lives in Brussels class pages, environment.yale.edu/ Garden, which is and comes back to Geneva every 2004 alumni-alumnae/) weekend. We are going back to Class Secretaries „ Cindy Kushner writes: “I left providing a place for Tokyo probably next summer.” Jennifer Vogel Bass Timor-Leste after three years and „ Kabir Peay writes: “I received my Keith Bisson moved back ‘home’ to Brooklyn, over 40 families doctorate last December from the Daniela Vizcaino consulting for UNICEF for the next Department of Environmental Laura Wooley year and happily enjoying myself in to grow their own Science, Policy and Management at my home country. Dani Simons ’04 Jessie Barnes is working on her dis- the University of California, Berkeley. and I kicked some serious Cape Cod .” sertation on water management in produce I’m a postdoc in the Department of butt in June, raising over $3,000 and Egypt, which she is hoping to finish Plant and Microbial Biology, also at riding 150 miles from Boston to — Samantha Rothman ’04 by next year. She and David Kneas U.C. Berkeley, with an eye toward a Provincetown for ‘Bike MS’!” ’05 married in London this summer. professorial position in the not-too- „ Susan Tambi Matambo writes: „ Robin Barr married David Hogan distant future.” „ Bryan Petit writes: “Marc, Muta, Leia and I are now in a wonderful lakeside wedding on “In April, I bought a fixer-upper settled in Bethesda a year after we Orcas Island, Wash., on August 8. house in the Old Town area of arrived back from Southeast Asia. I Many F&ES friends were in atten- Alexandria, Va. I’m trying to rehab work with the Global Environment dance, including Melissa Aikens, Jen the house with a green, craftsman Facility evaluation office in Vogel Bass, Sarah Davidson and theme—all native woods and plants, Washington, D.C., on a part-time Kim Mortimer. The happy couple wood heat, solar-augmented—causing basis. My children, 2 and 15, are lives in Seattle and honeymooned in me to look past the graffiti and holes growing very quickly and keeping Belize the first two weeks in in the wall for the time being.” me very busy too! I attended the September. „ Jonathan Cook writes: „ Soni Pradhanang is in the process Class of 2004 5th reunion, and it “I have been working with World of finishing her Ph.D., focusing on was great to see everyone. Kroon Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the area of watershed hydrology and Hall is magnificent, and it was Washington, D.C., since 2004, modeling, and was hoping to graduate wonderful to see Gus before he left though I was lucky enough to spend around October. „ Abdalla Shah New Haven. I also had the pleasure most of 2007 based at the WWF writes: “In March I moved back to of meeting our new dean.” office in Laos, where I followed in Dar es Salaam, where I am working „ Liz Perera writes: “I work at the the Sasquatch-like footsteps of Ben for the International Union for Union of Concerned Scientists as its Hodgdon ’03. I have recently moved Conservation of Nature as head of Washington, D.C., representative on from WWF’s macroeconomics pro- the Tanzania office.” „ Ninian Stein climate change. I left the Natural gram into the climate change program, started a two-year Andrew W. Mellon Resources Defense Council last where I focus on adaptation issues.” Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship at December for this promotion. My „ Valerie Craig and Marco Buttazzoni Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., husband, Alex, is the director of the are enjoying their year as gypsies in September. „ Nicole Vickey Green Power Market Development with their son, traveling between the writes: “I am with The Nature Group at the World Resources United States and Italy. Valerie works Conservancy’s Florida chapter, with a Institute. My new daughter, Lia, was on sustainable seafood with SeaWeb, recent focus on helping to get federal born in August, and I can’t wait to get

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her a little F&ES T-shirt. I see Kath sustainability interests by working 2005 5th Reunion Year (Cambell) Frangione, Beth Larry with individuals striving for personal

class Class Secretaries and Kate Zyla a lot here in D.C.” and global sustainability.” David Cherney Christopher Riely writes: “This Marty Walters spent a glorious „ „ Dora Cudjoe summer finds me working on a range seven weeks visiting the United Virginia Lacy of field and office projects that will States this summer and reconnecting Benjamin Urquhart ultimately converge in an updated with friends and family, including a management plan for Providence’s wonderful tour of Kroon Hall in her Lisa Botero writes: “In the last six Scituate Reservoir watershed forest. first visit back to campus since all months I have traveled throughout I passed the Society of American the construction started on Science Europe to meet up with old and new Foresters certified forester exam, Hill. She and her kids, Caroline, friends. Back at home in Miami and I’m in the University of Rhode Cecilia and Kai, are back in Tokyo, Beach, I am working on a new sus- Island’s evening M.B.A. program.” where Marty supports G.E. Capital’s tainability plan for my city. I am the „ Samantha Rothman writes: “I customers on environmental, health, environmental manager for the City recently co-founded Grow it Green safety and social responsibility issues of Miami Beach, and I have wit- Morristown, a nonprofit located in throughout the Asia region. nessed the impacts of the financial New Jersey. Shortly after our forma- [email protected] situation on our ability to effect tion, we opened the Early Street „ Abigail Weinberg writes: “I work change. I am still hopeful though.” Grow it Green Community Garden, on forestland and farmland conserva- „ Alvaro Redondo Brenes writes: “I which is providing a place for over tion at the Open Space Institute, finished my dissertation fieldwork 40 families to grow their own produce. with the new and exciting challenge in Costa Rica, studying the effect of This fall, we are opening the Urban of balancing work with a wonderful land use change on bird conservation Farm at Lafayette, which will provide baby boy. Jack Mariner joined the in the Path of the Tapir Biological fresh produce to the 4,500 school world in July.” „ Kevin Woods Corridor in southern Costa Rica. I children in the Morris School District.” writes: “I finished my first year of expect to graduate this spring.” www.growitgreenmorristown.org graduate school (environmental sci- „ Patrick Burtis writes: “I moved to „ Nalin Sahni writes: “The last few ence policy and management) at the London in July 2006 to head up the months have been busy for me. I University of California, Berkeley, cleantech investing practice of graduated from law school, traveled and had a summer of preliminary Amadeus Capital, a European venture in South America for six weeks and field research in northern Burma/ capital firm. Most of the other folks have started work as a prosecutor at Myanmar. Happy to be living in the in the firm focus on things like semi- the Ontario Ministry of the Bay Area at last and to have summers conductors, IT, telecom equipment Environment.” „ Corrina Steward free for Southeast Asia despite the and so on. I’m the lucky one who writes: “I got married in July to monsoons.” „ Heather Wright gets to tour solar manufacturing Antonio Horta. It was a reunion, writes: “I am a program officer at the plants and smelly farms looking at with Melissa Aikens, Robin Barr, Moore Foundation in its environment biogas plants. I married Jennifer Jen Vogel Bass, Cindy Kushner, program. Much of my recent work Thomas in July 2007 after three Sarah Davidson and Kim Mortimer has been focused on forest carbon years of mostly long-distance dating. attending the festivities. Tony and I and climate and the incorporation of We are living happily in Notting Hill. moved to Revere, Mass., in June to a fair and effective Reduced No kids yet, but a very cute dog who capture a little piece of nature—the Emissions from Deforestation and now barks in British. The financial ocean—in Boston’s metropolis. I lead Degradation (REDD) mechanism meltdown has hit London reasonably my business, EcoResource into the post-Kyoto climate agree- hard but we’re hanging in there. We Consulting and Coaching. My ment. I am enjoying being back on were very sad that Kyle Jones left us current project is with the U.N. the West Coast.” last year and moved back to New Development Programme’s Small York. We see some other F&ESers Grants Program, coordinating a cata- and SOMers from time to time— loguing process for Latin American Andre Heinz ’99, who is based in and Caribbean biodiversity products. Stockholm and has founded a new In the last year, I also developed my cleantech venture capital firm; Jill first individualized coaching program, Savery, who is working on making Be an Everyday Humanitarian. It has the London 2012 Olympics sustain- been a great way to connect my able; and Mike Zentz (SOM).” [email protected]

54 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies „ Cesar Moran Cahusac is the „ Sharifa Gulamhussein writes: “I free time, I’ve been racing bikes as a executive director of the Amazon live in Indonesia and volunteer with Category 3 racer—cyclocross and Conservation Association, an NGO the Coral Triangle Partnerships for road racing—although I’ve taken this that implements conservation International Research and Education. season off. Matt and I welcomed a projects in Peru and Bolivia. The project aims to discover the new little lady Lichtenfels in August. www.amazonconservation.org evolutionary origins of marine bio- We couldn’t be more thrilled! I’ve „ Kelly Coleman and Amir Flesher diversity in the Indo-Pacific and to also been growing a fair-sized veg- moved to Brattleboro, Vt., last year, exchange knowledge and methods etable garden and have kept busy bought a house and got married. for local coastal management. In my picking berries and veggies, canning They are pleased to introduce their spare time, I’ve been traveling, taking and freezing!” „ Joe MacDougald Brett Galimidi ’05 daughter, Maayan Flesher Coleman, courses in cooking and diving and writes: “Since selling my company born this June. After a couple of learning how to surf! This fall, I last year, I’ve pursued my environ- and his business months at home, Kelly will return will join the banana slugs at the mental and legal interests through to work as the program director at University of California, Santa Cruz, Madison (Conn.) town politics and partner help social Community Involved in Sustaining to start a doctoral program in environ- teaching environmental law. As a Agriculture in western mental studies with an emphasis on sitting Madison selectman, I help and environmental Massachusetts. „ Dora Nsuwa forest ecology and management.” settle the town’s legal problems but organizations manage Cudjoe writes: “I got into the World „ Ann Grodnik writes: “I’m working also established a land acquisition Bank’s Young Professionals Program at Seattle-Northwest Securities, committee. My real joy was teaching their . in 2007, and after two years of initial working in the ever-fascinating climate law last spring at the resources assignments in the Environment municipal bond world and focusing University of Connecticut law BusinessWeek named Network, I have graduated. I’m on energy efficiency and renewable school—incredibly rewarding! For working in the South Asia region on energy financing for cities, counties the fall semester, I’ll be at UConn them among America’s a mission in Sri Lanka and India, and states in the Northwest. My law full time for one semester as the scoping out possible opportunities most exciting news is that Kyle school’s first-ever visiting scholar, Most Promising Social for intervention in postconflict Nagle and I got married in February where I’ll focus on land use law, policy Northern Sri Lanka. I will also be in Winthrop, Wash., during a week- and economics in my writing, in Entrepreneurs. working with the government of end of cross-country skiing, good addition to teaching the main land Nepal in developing climate-resilient food and revelry. Many F&ESers use law course. I expect to teach development strategy. Nepal is a pilot celebrated with us, including Alice climate law in the spring.” country for the new multidonor ini- Bond ’06, Heather (Kaplan) „ Rebecca Reider writes: “I’ve been tiative called the Climate Investment Coleman ’04, Jim Cronan ’06, Sara living in beautiful New Zealand for Funds. My son, Jonathan-Joel Eisenstat ’07, Jeremy Goetz, Marc nearly four years now. I live in the (Jo-Jo), is 15 months old.” Hiller ’07, Jocelyn Hittle, Andrea blissful community of Golden Bay, „ Brett Galimidi writes: “Since I Johnson, Charlotte Kaiser ’07, surrounded by mountains and ocean, graduated, my business partner and I Virginia Lacy ’06, Michelle and think more F&ESers should have run a consulting firm in Lichtenfels, Ali Macalady ’06, come here and start an intelligent San Francisco, helping social and Garrett Miller ’04, Dave Mitchell, ecotopian community. I am helping environmental organizations better Derek Murrow ’03, Tiffany Potter farmers learn about organics, particu- manage their resources to achieve as ’06, Amy Shatzkin (in spirit), Mason larly in the wine industry. But what positive an impact for their invest- Smith ’06, Dan Stonington and lights my fire most these days is ments as possible. Rather than help Critter Thompson ’07. A few of us performing my poetry, collaborating big companies get richer, we help have started a monthly F&ES cabal with local musicians. I’ve just released organizations maximize their social breakfast, which is fun.” my first CD, a benefit for the land and environmental returns, especially „ Rob Lamb and his wife, Mary rights campaign of Shiwa Yacu, the in areas where people are starting Alice, had another baby, Sylvia Lucile indigenous Amazonian community for-profit businesses designed to Lamb. Their son, Tennessee, is now 2. that I first lived with in Ecuador dur- benefit the environment and local „ Michelle Lichtenfels writes: “I’ve ing my F&ES master’s research. My communities (e.g., voluntary carbon been a project manager with Portland creative nonfiction book on Biosphere projects or ecotourism). In August, Energy Conservation for almost two- 2, titled Dreaming the Biosphere, at BusinessWeek named us one of and-a-half years now, where I develop long last comes out this fall from America’s Most Promising Social and manage energy efficiency pro- University of New Mexico Press.” Entrepreneurs.” www.svtgroup.net grams for large utility clients. In my www.myspace.com/rebeccapoetry

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„ Yusuke Taishi writes: “I’ve worked 2006 mini class reunion on Victoria Peak.” (see photo on the 2006 class at the U.N. Development Programme Class Secretaries class pages, environment.yale.edu/ in New York since November 2008. Flora Chi alumni-alumnae/) I’m working in the regional bureau Reilly Renshaw Dibner Reilly Dibner writes: “I’m doing for Asia and the Pacific and looking Krista A. Mostoller „ frog research in Ireland and enjoying after its regional program. Moving Jill Savery Galway City. In May I had a wonder- from a small nonprofit research Susan Ely institution based in India, where I ful weekend visit with Jill Savery. worked for the last three-and-a-half Jen Adler writes: “I married Rolland Outside of time in the bog, I keep busy years, to working at a place like the Mathers in August in D.C. and got to with the usual swimming, biking and United Nations is a big challenge. catch up with a few F&ES friends running, as well as a bit of music when I’m also fascinated by the potential while there. I live in Oakland and the timing is right.” (see photo on the impact my work can bring about on am a plant and wetland biologist for 2006 class pages, environment.yale.edu/ the poor—and who can complain WRA, an environmental consulting alumni-alumnae/) „ Konstantine about life in NYC?” „ Carlisle Tuggey firm in San Rafael, Calif.” Drakonakis writes: “LaunchCapital writes: “I practice environmental and „ Imelda (Dada) Bacudo lives in has launched! We have made 26 land use law at the law firm of Preti East Africa, working for the Uganda investments to date, spanning the Flaherty in Portland, Maine. I am Wildlife Authority, doing conserva- technology spectrum. The best deal, handling matters at the local, state tion finance. She hopes to assist the however, was the arrival of my son, and federal levels involving issues of Ugandan government and stake- Nicholas, in March. Trying to spend water and air quality, renewable holders to establish the first protected- as much time with him as possible energy and emerging carbon markets, areas conservation trust fund in the while growing a seed-stage venture land conservation and development, country and advocate for biodiversity capital firm has proven to be chal- hazardous waste remediation and offsets from oil companies drilling lenging, exciting and, at times, solid waste management. For fun inside national parks. She is happy exhausting.” „ Ross Geredien during summer months, I sail the with her work but is also looking writes: “Julie and I are taking advan- Casco Bay and other regions of the forward to relocating to Asia after a tage of the Obama tax incentives and Maine coast; during winter, I down- couple of years. „ Saima Pervaiz purchasing our very first home in hill ski the Maine mountains as Baig writes: “This year I moved to Edgewater, Md. Lately I’ve been pro- frequently as possible.” Colombo, Sri Lanka, as the head of moting a project to develop a revised „ Ben Urquhart writes: “My son, the regional environmental economics and highly robust geographic inven- Gregory, 4 months, is healthy, happy program for the International Union tory of mountaintop removal, which and getting bigger every day. I am a for Conservation of Nature, Asia. will inform the EPA, CEQ and other research associate at the Harvard Before that I was a consultant on agencies about surface mining trends University Center for the Environment, various environmental economics and conditions in Appalachia. Nina developing scenarios of future energy and sustainable financing projects in Bhattacharyya ’09 has begun doing consumption and researching the region. I traveled extensively in some work on this project with me. I technological solutions for mitigat- the region to India, Sri Lanka, am also full time with the Maryland ing climate change. Sometimes I Maldives, Thailand and Nepal.” Natural Heritage Program.” manage to work in a little forestry „ Mohamad Chakaki writes: “On a „ Gonzalo Griebenow writes: “I consulting and biomass energy beautiful spring day in late April in work at the World Bank in D.C. and project development.” „ Aaron Washington, D.C., amid dogwoods, do consulting work for the U.N. Welch and Carishma Gokhale-Welch redbuds and a handful of loved ones, Development Programme (UNDP) in are living in India. Carishma is I was married to Jasmine Samara. We New York and Lima. My work is researching water and air pollution spent a joyous honeymoon exploring mostly related to climate change and issues for the Centre for Development northern Greece and western Turkey poverty reduction. I recently finished Finance. Aaron is near completion early this summer. Now we are set- a publication on the topic with the of a Fulbright grant researching tling in to Cambridge, Mass., where World Bank and am about to finish innovations in biodiversity conserva- I will start a Ph.D. program at MIT another one for UNDP supporting the tion. The rapidly growing country in the study of architecture and climate change adaptation strategy for continues to amaze and has made for urbanism in the Muslim world.” Peru. Last February, while doing a memorable year full of learning, „ Flora Chi writes: “In June, fieldwork in Ghana, I had the great good food and travel. Joel Creswell visited China for a opportunity to meet Patricia Buah, conference and en route came to Melody Ocloo ’07 and Godfred Hong Kong and Macau. We had a

56 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Ohene-Gyan.” „ Jesse Grossman „ Alexis Ringwald writes: “I com- 2007 writes: “I work on solar electrons for pleted my Fulbright at TERI last year Class Secretary distributed clients. I’m living in and then co-founded a cleantech Rosi Kerr Manhattan, which continues to company called Valence Energy. We happily surprise me as a very livable do smart microgrids and energy Anamaria Aristizabal writes: “I am city.” „ Alder Keleman writes: “In efficiency. I also drove across India doing freelance consulting in green June, I finished the second year of in solar electric cars on a climate business and sustainability. I’ve done my congressional hunger fellowship, solutions road tour in January with projects with the Dutch Embassy, the during which I was placed at the Food several Yalies, including Bidisha World Bank, Technoserve, a promi- and Agriculture Organization in Rome. Banerjee, Caroline Howe ’07, Alark nent environmental fund and non- Catherine Benson ’07 will I just started the F&ES Ph.D. pro- Saxena ’07 and Kartikeya Singh. profits focused on sustainability. I have gram.” [email protected] After two-and-a-half years in India, also been involved in strengthening be in Cambodia „ Chris Meaney writes: “I live in I moved to California to work with the Aldeafeliz ecovillage, as well as Washington, D.C., with my wife, my team at Valence.” „ Jill Savery creating a new community of entre- until December and in Kristin, and I work for NOAA writes: “I’m living in London, preneurs and innovators. I am getting Fisheries in the office of habitat con- working for the charity BioRegional, married next year! Life in Colombia Papua New servation. We managed to sneak in a leading its London 2012 Olympic has been fun, particularly contribut- trip to Peru in April and enjoyed the work on sustainability. I recently ing to communities and causes that I Guinea from really care about, as well as being summer with friends and family.” caught up with Reilly Dibner in February through „ Krista Anderson Mostoller writes: Ireland and Valentina Giannini ’07 close to family.” www.aldeafeliz.org, “I was promoted to senior analyst at in Italy.” (see photos on the 2006 http://hub-bogota.ning.com/ December 2010 on a the Government Accountability class pages, environment.yale.edu/ „ Catherine Benson is beginning Office this summer and started a alumni-alumnae/) „ Alexander her dissertation fieldwork on envi- new assignment looking at the Shenkin is working on a Ph.D. at the ronmental institutions and marine Fulbright-Hays Forest Service’s workforce planning University of Florida, looking at conservation this fall. She’ll be in efforts. I’m looking forward to a trip dynamic forest models and applying Cambodia until December and in Fellowship. to Albuquerque and Santa Fe and them to community forests in low- Papua New Guinea from February hope to catch up with some F&ES land Bolivia. „ Dahvi Wilson writes: through December 2010 on a folks in D.C. this fall.” „ Daniel “Living in Victor, Idaho, and bought Fulbright-Hays Fellowship. Piotto is a doctoral candidate at a house. I am working several jobs, „ Matt Brewer writes: “I am living F&ES. „ Sarah Price writes: “In July all of which are exciting. I am coor- between Colombia and Brazil, with I joined the Program for the dinating a project called Envision occasional U.S. forays, developing Endorsement of Forest Certification Victor, which strives to model a new and implementing native species (PEFC) International as head of way of planning in our city that reforestation projects and community- projects and development. At PEFC, engages more people and is more based Reducing Emissions from my focus is on strategic growth and deeply rooted in the values of the Deforestation and Forest advancement of the world’s largest community. I am working with Degradation and agroforestry certification system, especially in the Rebecca Sandborn-Stone on that projects—and, of course, surfing, tropics. I’m based in Geneva.” project, because she works with the climbing mountains and thriving.” [email protected] foundation that is supporting it. I „ Marisa Camargo is protecting „ Alison Rau writes: “I graduated also help coordinate the loose polar bear habitat in Finland but is from the University of Connecticut alliance of progressive political think also working hard to help promote law school in May and am now tanks called the Progressive Ideas South-South cooperation between studying for the bar exam and Network, and I am excited to begin Brazil and Mozambique on Reducing actively seeking environmental work with Jeni Krencicki Barcelos Emissions from Deforestation and employment. I’ve also just co-authored ’07 again to help raise money for the Forest Degradation. „ Joanna Carey a paper that was published in the important climate work she is doing writes: “I’m starting a Ph.D. program spring, ‘From Fear of Crime to Fear with the University of Washington at Boston University this fall to study of Nature: The Problem With Law School. My band, Lunkur, is silica cycling in the Plum Island Permitting Loaded, Concealed beginning to gain some local Sound watershed. I live in Boston with Firearms in National Parks,’ in the renown, and we are having a great Jules and see F&ESers frequently.” Golden Gate University Environmental time.” www.envisionvictor.com, „ Gordon Clark is living in San Law Journal: Pacific Region Edition.” www.lunkur.com Francisco and is a project manager [email protected] for the Peninsula Open Space Trust,

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a regional land trust in Palo Alto. He „ Danny Geballe writes: “Since Conservancy, after leaving Citibank loves getting outside to enjoy the Bay graduation, Linda (Chhay) and I got along with 53,000 others at the end class Area, while saving parts of it, too. married and moved to San Francisco. of 2008, developing new sources of „ Brigid Curry writes: “My husband, Linda was an economic consultant investor capital for the organization. Amos, and I had a baby in July. His for National Economic Research Her main focus is the creation of a name is Thomas Anders Presler. We Associates, focused on intellectual debt fund capitalized by individuals are living in Alexandria, Va., and property litigation, but recently took and institutions to finance conserva- I work at the EPA in D.C.” a position at the American Civil tion acquisitions. Charlotte is also „ Galvadrakh Davaa writes: “After Liberties Union of northern California. the very proud mother of Linus graduation, I joined The Nature I worked for a large investment firm Hazard Peterson, who arrived two- Conservancy (TNC) in Colorado for a year after F&ES, then took a and-a-half weeks early in July. as a conservation fellow. I moved position at Corporation for Enterprise „ David Manor writes: “Shortly after to Mongolia in September 2008 Development—a nonprofit in San graduation, I fell in love and married to work for the newly established Francisco focused on asset building Rebecca Kafka. Last November our TNC Program in Mongolia as a for low-income families.” daughter, Sarah, was born. We reside director of conservation.” „ Valentina Giannini writes: “I am in Boston, where I am the general [email protected] working and studying in Venice and manager of a carbon reduction con- „ Derrick Dease writes: “I’m an taking the unique opportunity of sultancy. If you pass L’Aroma Cafe on environmental engineer for learning how to row alla veneta, i.e., Newbury Street, peek inside; I’m the International Paper Company. After like gondoliers. I am part of the one sipping double espresso with a an all-too-frequent round of locating sustainable development research hint of lemon.” „ Stephanie Ogburn and relocating over the past couple team of Fondazione Eni Enrico left the mountains of Colorado to of years, I’m back in my home state Mattei, part of the project consortium move to the Bay Area this spring. of Mississippi. Stephanie Horn ’06 called Brahmatwinn, researching She’s a Packard Fellow at the lives about three hours away in New integrated water resources manage- Agricultural Sustainability Institute Orleans, so she and I occasionally get ment and climate change. I am in (ASI) at the University of California, to see each other.” „ Emily Enderle the second year of a Ph.D. program Davis, working in communications writes: “After spending two years as in science and management of climate and outreach for ASI and on the the associate director of admissions change, an interdisciplinary Ph.D. at California Nitrogen Assessment, a at F&ES, I moved to D.C. to work Ca’ Foscari University in Venice.” new project of the institute. In her for Earthjustice’s policy and legislation „ Xuemei Han writes: “I am studying spare hours she is helping the High team as its environmental health and for my Ph.D. at F&ES. I work with Country News become a Web 2.0 air quality advocate.” „ Qian Fang Professor Chad Oliver on evaluating powerhouse, thinking deep thoughts writes: “After working in Shanghai, the Amur tiger habitat in northeastern about food and agriculture and occa- China, for one year, I’ve decided to China and the Russian Far East, sionally sharing these thoughts via move back to America. I will be exploring ways of sustainable forest articles and blog posts at Grist.org an environmental consultant and management to enhance the conser- and Ethicurean.com. Somehow engineer in New Jersey.” vation of this species and to resolve she also finds time to volunteer at „ Todd Gartner, conservation the conflict between wildlife and KALX Berkeley, one of the greatest incentives manager for the American humans. Over the past two years, I college radio stations around, and to Forest Foundation (AFF), was traveled to many places for field- make a lot of jam and pickles from awarded $500,000 from the USDA work, conferences or just for fun: California’s agricultural bounty. Natural Resources Conservation Korea, Russia, and western and „ Krishna Roka writes: “I am happy Service Conservation Innovation northeastern China, and inside the in ‘Happy Valley’ of Pennsylvania Grant program. The three-year grant United States I visited the Grand State University and have become an will help support AFF’s work with Canyon, Zion National Park, the ardent fan of the Nittany Lions. I am partners in Vermont, New Hampshire Pennsylvania Dutch, New Mexico and working on my dissertation research, and Maine to develop market more. I am always amazed by the looking at the impacts of NGOs on mechanisms to give private forest spectacular natural landscape and conservation and development at the landowners incentives to restore, the enjoyable interaction with local community level in rural Nepal. The enhance and protect aquatic people.” „ Ruoting Jiang is having kids are growing and I am running resources in two critical watersheds fun with her Ph.D. project at Stanford. out of stories to make them sleep in the Northern Forest region. „ Charlotte Kaiser is at The Nature every night.” „ Amanda Sahl is a

58 environment:YALE The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies presidential management fellow at 2008 with numerous environmental the Rocky Mountain Institute. permits and regulatory requirements Class Secretary Alark Saxena writes: “After finish- that govern the company’s state-of- „ Kelsey Kidd ing my assignment as the executive the-art power plant.” „ Kyle Meister director for the Disaster Risk Sara Bushey and Ron Ohrel married has joined the Forest Carbon Reduction Initiative at the Yale in July 2008. The celebration, held Association. „ Matt Oden writes: “I Global Institute of Sustainable on the Pacific Coast, was fabulous am the sustainability manager at the Forestry, I joined the Ph.D. program and attended by Audrey Davenport University of Southern California. at F&ES. I am working on the topic ’09, Benson Gabler ’09, Claire This is the first time anyone has held of climate change adaptation, look- Gagne ’07, John Paul Jewell ’09 and this position, and I just recently “I’m setting up a ing at how we can measure the Luke Knowles. Sara works at the established the Office of Sustainability resilience of a dynamic socioecological Environmental Protection Agency, at the university. I love my job project in wildlife system. I am in India working on my focusing on climate economics, and because it has no formal description preliminary research sites in the Ron works at the University of and is very entrepreneurial. I get to management in UNESCO Man and Biosphere reserve Delaware. The couple lives happily touch upon many issues constantly, (Pachmarhi). There are only a handful in northern Maryland. „ Natalie including waste, energy, education, Mongolia, focusing of these around the world. I am also Ceperley writes: “I am living part policy, investments and more, and planning to establish a similar time in Lausanne, Switzerland, and help drive the university forward on the co-existence part time in Majoari, Burkina Faso. research site on a Caribbean Island from an environmental perspective. between large carnivores called Dominica and do comparative I’m working on a Ph.D. at the Ecole I also work late into the nights on research.” „ Vanitha Sivarajan writes: Polytechnique of Lausanne, studying CarbonPig.com and have been able and livestock-oriented “I am the community conservation the hydrologic function of savanna to raise more than $2,000 through specialist at The Field Museum’s and agroforestry vegetation, CarbonPig Apparel sales to invest .” environment, culture and conserva- particularly Sclerocarya birrea.” in wind energy projects.” cultures tion department in Chicago. My task „ Nigel Gurnett writes: “I am http://MattOden.com — Rebecca Watters ’08 is to facilitate the creation of a interning in the Corporate Council „ Sam Price writes: “In August I conservation corridor in the Pando of the Environmental League of headed to Beijing for three months region, home to Bolivia’s Amazon Massachusetts (ELM), a nonprofit after working for GreenWood forest. We work with multistake- that lobbies state government in Resources, a timberland investment holders—government, indigenous favor of environmental policies. manager based in Portland, Ore.” tribes, rural forest dwellers, NGOs, The council provides much-needed „ Jamie (Spivey) Quigg writes: “I loggers, farmers and Brazil nut con- backing for ELM with regard to its recently moved from Hartford to cession holders. We promote open lobbying capabilities. My task is to Hoquiam, Wash., my hometown. I dialogue to collaborate on a common suggest and then conduct research left my environment, health and goal of conservation for the region. on potential companies in order to safety position at United I’m fully enjoying the opportunity to ensure that they demonstrate the Technologies to join Grays Harbor be in Chicago, my hometown!” ability to meet the criteria that ELM Paper as its sustainability manager.” „ Laura Washington is working has identified as necessary.” „ Paula Randler writes: “I’m in my with an environmental NGO on a „ Amy Heinemann writes: “I’m a second year of my presidential man- government contract, performing renewable-energy policy analyst for agement fellowship (PMF) with the evaluation and optimization of envi- the Database of State Incentives for Forest Service in Washington, D.C., ronmental restoration and remedia- Renewables and Efficiency at the after spending most of the summer tion programs on Air Force bases North Carolina Solar Center in in Missoula, Mont., and Beverly Hills throughout the United States. Living Raleigh.” „ Andrew Mackie writes: on a back-to-back Forest Service and working in D.C., she’s looking “In March I moved to Colorado to detail. I worked for 10 weeks on the for opportunities for involvement in become the executive director of the Bitterroot National Forest and with environment development in sub- Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas.” the Selway-Bitterroot Foundation, Saharan Africa and is planning to „ Jenny McIvor writes: “I live in where I learned how to use a cross- attend the World Cup in South Omaha and am an environmental cut saw, planned for volunteer Africa in 2010. coordinator for MidAmerican Energy recruitment in the off-season and Company at the Walter Scott Jr. hiked 30 miles into and out of the Energy Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. wilderness along the fabled Selway I work to ensure facility compliance River. In California I’m working with

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classnotes YALE and alsofuntoworkwith.” isms andmetals.Ifinditfascinating study oftheinteractionmicroorgan- approacha multidisciplinary tothe mental microbiology, whichinvolves in thisdoctoralprogram isenviron- Applied Sciences.Myfieldofinterest Harvard SchoolofEngineeringand “I amnowdoingmyPh.D.at Wisconsin, Madison. bial ecologyattheUniversityof working onherPh.D.insoilmicro- energy policies.” sion foreffective andaffordable my jobistoadvocateatthecommis- Division ofRatepayerAdvocates,and cacy branchofthecommission, tricity. Iworkintheconsumeradvo- which reduce peakdemandforelec- programs calleddemandresponse, energy policy, specifically onasetof Utilities Commission.Iworkon analyst attheCaliforniaPublic in SanFranciscoandamapolicy predation, understandpeople’s per- dependent communitiestoreduce work withlivestock-andwildlife- on wolverinesandwolves,I involved withecologicalfieldstudies and livestock-orientedcultures. I’m co-existence betweenlarge carnivores both regions, I’mfocusingonthe wildlife managementinMongolia.In Wyoming andsettingupaproject on Cooperativein Rockies Conservation project managerfortheNorthern dividing mytimebetweenbeing from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. I’m „ „ [email protected] into aniceMetro-riding routine.” Alexandria, Va., getadogandsettle L.A. InOctober, I’llreturn to engagement opportunities insouth invaluable asIassessthecommunity Resources Initiativeisproving community forester withtheUrban Hollywood. Mypriorexperienceasa by AndyLipkis,andlivinginWest setting urbanforestry group founded the nonprofit TreePeople, atrend- Rebecca Watters Yuliya Shmidt The SchoolofForestry &Environmental Studies „ writes: “I’mliving Peyton Smith writes: “Greetings „ Lu Su writes: is for theVentura Coastkeeper. associate director andstaff attorney program. returned toF&ESstart thePh.D. $170 billioninstimulusmoney.” Energy, strategizinganddisbursing act teamattheDepartment of “I amworkingwiththerecovery forestry carbonprojects in places like work issplitbetweendeveloping recently openedinD.C.Mostofmy Amsterdam, buttheU.S.office Climate Focus.We’re based in D.C. workingwithagroup called thing formycountry!” best opportunity formetodosome- and challengingexperiencethe team. Ithasbeenasuper-interesting lead mycountry’s climatenegotiations Convention onClimateChangeand focal pointfortheU.N.Framework Environment. I’malsothenational director ofthe attheMinistry Ecuador’s nationalclimatechange 2009 „ „ Himalayas.” trails ofMargalla Hills andthelower spare timeIgoonlonghikesthe in weeklycleanupdrives.Inmy Responsible Citizensthatparticipates small group ofpeoplecalled on weekendsIvolunteerwitha Task Force onClimateChange,and am alsoamemberoftheNational making policyrecommendations. I Conference memberstatesand Organization ofthe Islamic studying thewaterissuesof Islamabad, Pakistan,asaresearcher, Mariya Absar Jude Wu Simon Tudiver Neelesh Shrestha Rajesh Koirala Class Secretaries management.” ronment and facilitatesustainable ceptions andknowledgeoftheenvi- Carolina Zambrano Michael Coren „ Jaime Carlson „ Mercedes Bravo writes: “Iamin „ Jason Weiner writes: “I’min writes: “I’m writes: is the has recently relocated toOlympia,Wash. Upstate NewYork.” living intheAdirondacks region of Resources andRecreation. Iwillbe Division ofForestry, Natural faculty positionisinthecollege’s faculty ofPaulSmith’s College.My town OttawatoallF&ESalumni. discounted walkingtoursofdown- and policymakers.Healsooffers ing connectionsbetweenscientists clean energy technologies andbuild- He isworkingonprojects related to the federalgovernmentofCanada. Department oftheEnvironment in technology policyanalystforthe international development.” working onclimatechangeand climate change.Iplantokeep on community-basedadaptationto the U.N.DevelopmentProgramme year. Thissummer, Iworkedwith moved toIthaca,N.Y., forthenext wedding (seeBookshelf,page21). she didtocreate herowngreen ing abookbasedontheresearch that She started herwebsiteafterpublish- with green products andservices. environmentally friendlywedding that connectscoupleswhowantan TheGreenBrideGuide.com, awebsite she foundedwhileatF&ES: her ownInternetcompanythat „ „ „ „ house gasemissions.” forestsconserve andreduce green- policy toencouragemarketsthatwill the BrazilianAmazonandinforming Andre Mershon Kate Harrison Simon Tudiver Joe Orefice writes: “Ijoinedthe is workingfor is ascienceand writes: “Ihave „ Megan Selby obituaries

Joseph Bennett ’62 (1938-2009) others as a teacher and researcher at Forest Management in 1968 and died in Washington, Ga., on April the university level and as an envi- retired in 1995. In 2003, a testimo- 18 at the age of 70. Joe was born on ronmental consultant to the City of nial lunch attended by many of his December 16, 1938, and was a native Santa Rosa, as well as in the efforts former students and colleagues was of Washington. He graduated from he made to improve natural areas in held in his honor in Victoria, B.C. Washington High School in 1956 Sonoma County. When he was no He was an expert in the field of and attended Georgia Tech. He longer able to get around easily, he forestry biometrics and statistics received a bachelor’s degree in developed an interest in local history and was best known for his work in forestry at the University of Georgia and wrote many papers that docu- computational biometrics. His most in 1961 and a master’s in forestry ment an accurate historical record well-known contribution is the from F&ES. After a 24-year career, for Sonoma County that are available Leaps and Bounds computer algo- he retired in May 1996. He was a to the public and other researchers rithm, which was published in member and past director of the in the county library system. He Technometrics in 1974. Developed Georgia Forestry Association and the loved the outdoors, walking, sailing, in collaboration with his longtime South Carolina Forestry Association. bird watching, gardening and build- colleague, Bob Wilson of the Forest He is survived by his wife of 28 ing things. He felt that raising his Service, this algorithm was incorpo- years, Deborah; three sons, Joe, Jon sons to be thoughtful, successful rated into all of the major statistical and Jim; a daughter, Amy; nine and caring human beings was his computing packages of the day. The grandchildren, Will, Ben, Alli, greatest achievement. He is survived original paper, “Regressions by Leaps Jessica, Zach, Jake, Nicholas, Bobby by three sons, Tim, Paul and Kelsey; and Bounds,” was republished in a and Destiny; and a brother, George. seven grandchildren, Amelia, David, special 40th anniversary issue of Christina, Wiley, Anna, Stephen and Technometrics and cited as one of Virgil Cothren ’50 (1919-2007) of Roscoe; and a brother, George. the best 10 papers in the journal’s Dierks, Ark., died at the age of history and as one of the “classical 88 on October 4, 2007, after a George Furnival (1925-2009) died at studies that revolutionized the prac- lengthy illness. Virgil was born Yale-New Haven Hospital on May 18 tice of regression analysis.” He was on September 27, 1919, in Center at the age of 84. George was born the first within forestry to write Point, Ark. He was a forester; a on May 1, 1925, in Johnson City, about modeling with a system of member of Carrollton Methodist Tenn.; raised in Rixeyville, Va.; and equations to account for interdepen- Church in New Orleans, Pulaski educated at St. Andrews School in dencies inherent in the growth and Heights United Methodist Church Delaware. He served in the Army and yield of forests being modeled. In a in Little Rock and Dierks United then graduated in 1948 with a B.S.F. 1961 article in Forest Science, he Methodist Church; and a World from the University of Georgia, where introduced the “Furnival index,” War II Air Force veteran. Survivors he met and married the former Gloria which compared equations used in include his wife, Mildred; a son, Hays. He obtained an M.F. in 1951 constructing volume tables, and it is Michael; a brother, Archie; two and a D.F. in 1957, both from Duke still in use. He also made important granddaughters, Emma and Nora; University, where he studied under contributions in forest management, and a number of other relatives. the direction of F.X. Schumacher. The statistical ecology and, perhaps most title of his dissertation was Yield notably, statistical sampling in John Cummings ’63 (1938-2009) Prediction of Even-Aged Longleaf Pine dozens of articles and publications died at his home on April 26 at the in the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal co-authored with colleagues and age of 71 after a long illness. John Plains. He moved to Connecticut in former students in professional was born on January 27, 1938, in 1956 to assume a teaching post in journals and proceedings of scientific Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A the graduate program of the Yale conferences. In addition, he was a graduate of the University of British Forestry School. In 1964, he left naturalist, fly-fisherman, photogra- Columbia, he received a master’s Yale to become chief biometrician pher, traveler and raconteur. An avid degree from F&ES and a Ph.D. in for the U.S. Forest Service in student of Americana, he collected genetics from the University of Washington, D.C. After two years in books, model trains, Western art California, Berkeley. He organized that position, he returned to Yale, and artifacts and antique carpentry the first Earth Day at Berkeley and where he was director of the Yale tools, with which he was skilled at was instrumental in forming an Computing Center from 1969 to restoring antique furniture. Many interdisciplinary environmental 1970 and director of graduate studies who knew him marveled most at studies program at that campus. at F&ES from 1979 to 1982. He was his tremendous grasp of and intui- Throughout his life, he gave back to named Weyerhaeuser Professor of tion for methods of sampling and

Fall 2009 61 forest inventory. Directly through Susan, Jeffrey and Christopher; and Nehalem, Ore. He added interna- his research and indirectly through three great-granddaughters, Megan tional experience when he went to the many students he helped mentor, and Hailey, and Thea Wren Georgitis. Geneva and wrote market reports he had a wide-reaching influence on In addition, he is survived by Lucy on forest products with the United forest science. In addition to his wife, Munoz Rojas, whom he loved as a Nations Food and Agriculture Gloria, of North Haven, he is survived granddaughter. Organization and the Economic by a brother, Richard; two sons, Commission for Europe. He began Lawrence and Bernard; and four Kenneth Korstian ’39 (1916-2009) his academic career as a lecturer in grandchildren, Peter, Samuel, Emily died on March 2 in Milton, Ga., at forest economics at the University and Michael. the age of 93. Kenneth was born in of California, Berkeley, in 1961. Albuquerque, N.M., on February The following year he went to

obituaries William Holmes ’44 (1921-2009) 11, 1916. After graduating from Pennsylvania State University was born on March 13, 1921, in a Durham High School and earning a School of Forestry on a Resources farmhouse near Temple Hill, Ill. Bill B.S. at Duke University and an M.F. for the Future grant. From 1966 until died at his home in Paradise, Calif., from F&ES, he worked for Duke he retired in 1992, he was associate with his family at his side on May 8 Power; Berry College as a forester; professor of regional planning and at the age of 88. He spent the first 11 and Georgia Kraft, from which he landscape architecture at what is years of his life in several hospitals in retired. He was a Golden member of now the University of Pennsylvania the St. Louis area, being treated for the Society of American Foresters, School of Design. He contributed to bovine tuberculosis of the bone. and belonged to the Rotary Club the 1968 work Via 1: Ecology in After graduating from F&ES with a and the First Presbyterian Church Design, with Louis Kahn, Ruth master’s in forestry, he married of Rome, Ga. He is survived by two Patrick, Ian McHarg and others. He Marjorie Lang in 1944. He was daughters, Connie Beckham and contributed papers to the publica- offered three forestry jobs, but the Carolyn Cooley; a son, Hoke Cooley; tions Forest Science and Journal of one that caught his attention was three grandchildren, Cal Beckham, Forestry. He is survived by two sons, with a small timber company, the Smith Cooley and Carolyn Cooley; Kobi and Mattias; two daughters, Soper Wheeler Company in and two great-grandchildren, Mimi and Dela Muhlenberg-Bryan; Strawberry Valley, Calif. It was a Annabelle and Holden Cooley. His a stepdaughter, Julie Galaudet; two temporary job and it didn’t pay very body was donated to the Emory brothers; a sister; his first wife, well, but he decided to stick with it School of Medicine. Erika; and his companion, Barbara until something better came along. Simmons. Forty-six years later, he retired as Nicholas Muhlenberg ’58, Ph.D. ’59 president of Soper Wheeler, and with (1927-2009), died of a heart attack David Olson ’87 (1960-2009) died the judicious purchase of cutover at the age of 81 on May 26 at the on August 19 at his home in Hermon, timberland, the company’s acreage Watermark at Logan Square, the N.Y., at the age of 48. David was born grew from 12,500 acres to over retirement community where he on October 29, 1960, in Bridgeport, 100,000 acres. As a forester, he was lived. Born in West Reading, Pa., Conn., the son of John and Ann recognized as a leader in his field Nick earned a bachelor’s degree in Safford Olson. He graduated from and served on many boards and forestry in 1949 and a master’s in Shelton High School and received a commissions. He was a prolific forestry in 1952 from the University psychology degree from Fairfield reader and also wrote many essays of Michigan. Following study on a University. He also attended Paul on the subject of private property Fulbright scholarship to New Zealand Smith’s College and earned his rights, including the harmful and during the 1952-1953 school year, master’s at F&ES. He married Holly unintended consequences of govern- he earned a master’s in conservation Pison in 1996, and they lived in ment regulation. His book, Forestry and then a doctorate in 1959 in Hermon for the next 13 years on by Coercion, remains a classic on the resource economics from F&ES. He Birdseye Farm, where they produced subject. He and his wife lived in got his hands dirty early in his career, maple syrup. He was a member of Strawberry Valley for 25 years, working in West Coast forests. After the New York and Connecticut maple Forbestown for 30 years, Oroville for returning from New Zealand, he syrup producers associations and six years and, finally, Paradise to be was a land and tax research analyst enjoyed woodworking. He is sur- near their daughter. In addition to his for the paper manufacturer Crown vived by his wife, Holly; two sons, wife, Marge, he is survived by a son, Zellerbach in Portland, Ore.; a tree Daniel Pinto and Lawrence Pinto; Jim; a daughter, Christine Holmes- farm mapper in Seaside, Ore.; and a his mother, Ann; and three nieces, Pinnick; four grandchildren, Bill, forest supervisor on a tree farm in Becky, Judy and Carolyn Taylor.

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Just as petroleum can be turned into everything Tudor Richards ’40 (1915-2009) There he met his future wife, Linda from plastic to asphalt, Anastas wants to develop new died at home in Exeter, N.H., on Weis, whom he married in Seattle. products using what’s left over from the production of March 6 at the age of 94. Tudor was After completing his master’s at fuel from algae. It’s a fertile field for invention, he born and raised in Groton, Mass. He F&ES, he spent the last 25 years of says, because the molecules in algae are more intricate attended the Groton School, where his career with Kingsford Products, than the simple straight chains of hydrogen and carbon his father was a teacher. He spent a division of Clorox. His many that come out of petroleum. “You can take advantage most of his boyhood summers at his Kingsford assignments led the couple of their complexity to make new molecules,” he says. family’s camp on Squam Lake in to live in numerous U.S. locations, By developing new products (such as fire-retardant New Hampshire. It was there that he where he enjoyed sports, especially developed an early and lasting interest skiing and golf. He was an avid building materials, for example), Anastas hopes to both in native trees and birds. He attended University of Kentucky fan and a reduce the environmental impact of algae and boost Harvard and Yale universities, as member of St. Andrews United their value. “Green is the color of the environment, and well as the University of Michigan, Church of Christ. He did extensive it’s also the color of money,” he says. “Taking things out obtaining professional degrees in research on his and his wife’s of the waste stream changes the economic equation.” both forestry and wildlife. During German heritage. He was active in The Yale researchers are spending a lot of their time World War II, his studies were the Louisville Genealogical Society investigating particular steps in the process of turning suspended for four years while he and served as treasurer. He is sur- algae into fuel. But they also want to see how the whole served as a dive bomber pilot in the vived by his wife of 45 years, Linda: system will work in advance. This may sound like U.S. Navy. In 1946, he returned to a daughter, Jennifer Littrell; and a New Hampshire, where he lived for granddaughter, Rachel Littrell. clairvoyance, but engineers have a fairly well-developed the remainder of his life. He was a method for modeling complicated industrial processes. forester, wildlife biologist and con- Arthur Sundt ’60 (1933-2009) died Zimmerman herself has made these models for Ford servation educator, while serving for on May 26 at the age of 76 of natural to help them plan out new systems for manufacturing many years as volunteer president of causes at his home in Eagle River, lubricants for their cars. Now she’s building a model the New Hampshire Audubon Society. Alaska, with his family at his side. of the entire process of getting fuel from algae. “We’re In 1968, he was appointed the first Art was born on February 8, 1933, looking at it from the cradle to the end of life,” she says. executive director of Audubon, where in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated The model is still in its early stages, but Zimmerman he served until his retirement in from high school there in 1950. He can already see that algae do indeed promise to have 1982. In 2007, he was awarded the attended Lehigh University for one prestigious Lifetime Achievement year, then enlisted in the U.S. Army, much less impact on the environment than crop bio- Environmental Merit Award by the serving for three years with the Army fuels. She is also using the models to evaluate which Environmental Protection Agency in Signal Corps. Upon his return in methods for growing algae are the greenest. It appears, recognition of his 60-year career in 1954, he married his high school for example, that conventional racetrack-shaped tanks forestry and conservation. He is sweetheart, Mary. From 1955 to are not the best design. Her model points instead to survived by his wife of 60 years, 1959 he attended the New York State designs in which water flows through spiraling tubes, Barbara; two sons, Frank and Rob; a College of Forestry in Syracuse, N.Y. allowing more sunlight to penetrate the water and After earning his master’s degree at daughter, Victoria Hingston; six spur the algae to grow. grandchildren; and a brother, Jack. F&ES, he worked for the U.S. Zimmerman’s model may also help engineers cope He is remembered as a humble and Forest Service in the Shasta-Trinity embracing man who lived the life he National Forest in California. In with the complexities of the energy economy. As the wanted, was dedicated to his family, 1962, the lure of the North beckoned, market changes, the profits from algae fuel may loved music and had a passion for and the Sundt clan—Art, Mary, Eric, change in mysterious ways. Zimmerman wants to use the outdoors. In his own words, Karen, two dogs and two old cars— her model to determine how much fuel or how many heaven is “walking at Squam with traveled the Alaska Highway and other products should be generated from algae to the warblers.” settled in Eagle River, where he make the entire process as valuable as possible. lived until his death. He was State of That’s a lot of complexity to add to a project that’s Ross Sherer ’65 (1937-2009) died at Alaska Forester from 1962 to 1968 already enormously ambitious. But if Zimmerman and home in Louisville, Ky., on March 10 and was proud to have served under at the age of 72. Ross was born in the very first governor of the state, her colleagues can figure out how to make millions of East Canton, Ohio, on January 9, Bill Egan. From 1968 to 1971, he gallons of green fuel from the algae living in their lab, 1937. He attended Case Institute in was a private forester and logger. it will be well worth the extra effort. Cleveland and completed his bache- From 1971 to 1983, he worked for “You feel like, if you could figure it out, it would lor’s degree at the University of Central Alaska Utilities, and he make a huge difference,” she says. „ Washington with a major in forestry. retired from Anchorage Water and

Fall 2009 63 Wastewater Utility in 1987. His preserving the heritage of the north- William Weiland ’51 (1921-2009) postretirement years were spent eastern American Indians. In 1975, died in Encinitas, Calif., on June 16 with Mary as snowbirds, enjoying Ned co-founded the Institute for after a long illness at the age of 87. life as “Ticos” in Costa Rica. The American Indian Studies, with the Bill graduated from Cheshire farm there was donated to the expanded goal of researching, pre- Academy in Connecticut and was forestry school in Syracuse, and it is serving and sharing the heritage, enrolled at Duke University in 1941 now being used as a tropical field culture and worldview of the north- when World War II began. He then station. This was immensely satisfy- eastern American Indians, both past enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps ing for Art. He always enjoyed being and present. Over the past 20 years and served in the Marine Raider in the woods, river boating and he researched and wrote three Battalion. His tour of duty took him reading as many books as he could genealogical books tracing the to the South Pacific, where he fought

obituaries get his hands on. The family ancestry of his and his wife’s fami- in Guadalcanal, Guam, Bougainville enjoyed much time at the cabin in lies, earning national and regional and Emireau. He earned two Purple Sunshine, sometimes snowshoeing awards. In April, he published A Hearts during service to his country, into the cabin for a traditional New White Man’s Journey to a Northeastern as well as a field commission during Year’s Eve. He is survived by his American Indian Faith and Its the battle of Guam. Upon his return wife of 54 years, Mary; a son, Eric; Relevance Today, sharing an alterna- home, he married Barbara Vaiden, a a daughter, Karen; a granddaughter, tive natural worldview that he felt friend he had known since child- Danielle; two dogs, Tula and Nick; was the culmination of his life’s hood. They lived in Missoula, Mont., and numerous other relatives. work. He is survived by his best for 33 years. He graduated from friend and wife of 54 years, Debbie; Colorado A&M with a B.A. and a B.S. Edmund “Ned” Swigart ’56 (1931- three children, Lucie, Ted and Paul; and went on to earn his master’s in 2009) died at the age of 78 in an “adopted” daughter, Karen forestry at F&ES. He worked for Washington, Conn., on May 14 Sheehy McCall; 11 grandchildren; a Broderick Wood Products in Granby, after a brief struggle with cancer. He great-granddaughter; and many Colo.; U.S. Plywood in Anderson, died as he lived, surrounded by his other close relatives. Calif.; and Champion International loving family. Ned was born in in Bonner. He retired as general Milwaukee, Wis., on March 31, Donald Tufts ’48 (1922-2009) died manager of the Rocky Mountain 1931; graduated from the Hotchkiss on July 13 in Brownsville, Tenn., at Division of Champion in 1972. He School in Lakeville, Conn.; and the age of 87. Don was born on May loved the outdoors and was an avid received his B.A. from Yale in 1954, 2, 1922. He graduated from Lyman mountain climber, scaling countless a master’s from F&ES and a Ph.D. Hall High School in Wallingford, peaks in Canada, Switzerland, in conservation and education from Conn., in 1939, and received a B.S. Patagonia, Tibet and the United Columbia Pacific University. He was from the University of Connecticut States, including this nation’s high- a kind and generous man with a and an M.F. from F&ES. After Yale, est mountain, Mount McKinley. passion for life. He had a deep he entered the forestry business and When not climbing, he skied and commitment to his family and worked for Crossett Lumber for 14 hiked with his family and friends, friends, to education in the broadest years as assistant forester, forest often accompanied by his dogs. He sense and to the conservation of our photogrammetrist, assistant division is survived by his wife, Bobby; four natural world. He was an avid fisher- manager and, finally, superintendent children, John, Patricia Zay, Forrest man, model railroader, birder and of wood utilization. In 1951 he and Bill; seven grandchildren; and outdoorsman. In his early years, he served as first lieutenant in the U.S. three great-grandchildren. worked for the National Audubon Air Force. He held positions in Society and the Massachusetts various paper companies, including Audubon Society. Thereafter, he assistant to the wood and land man- became a much-loved instructor at ager at Tennessee River Pulp and The Gunnery in Washington, Conn., Paper, wood procurement manager sharing his unique understanding of for Pineville Kraft and, later, Bodcow the natural world with generations in Lousiana, which was purchased of young people. Toward the end of by International Paper. He retired to the 1960s, he started the Shepaug Brownsville and is survived by his Valley Archeological Society, with wife of 64 years, Shirley Swanson. the goal of learning more about and

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