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The Newsletter of the Employees & Alumni Association of the National Park Service Spring 2014 • Vol. 21 • No. 2 Arrowhead Published by Eastern National Focus on the Parks E&AA ARROWHEAD e encourage our E&AA mem - • Shamrock and Shadow, Toggenburg expanding National Park Service of the known locations—one was in Ohio, the bers to take advantage of the dairy goats from Carl Sandburg Home 1960s. It is listed under criteria for archi - other in Illinois. The third cannon had WInternet to keep abreast of the infor - NHS , won first and second place respec - tecture, education, community planning been missing for over 50 years. mation that the NPS is providing tively for Best in Class, intermediate doe and development and as an example of In 2008, with the Ohio cannon on loan on www.nps.gov. The DOI also pre - kid class, at the North Carolina Mountain the funding and construction strategy of to Saratoga NHP, Ranger Joe Craig over - pares a weekly video, “This Week at Interior,” on YouTube that focuses on State Fair on Sept. 7. Each doe is a the Mission 66 era. heard a visitor comment about seeing a current activities that are of interest seventh-generation descendent from Modernist architecture utilized new in - cannon “just like this one” in a private to the public. Since relevant NPS in - Mrs. Sandburg’s champion Toggenburg expensive materials and labor-saving tech - museum in Tuscaloosa, Ala. That began a formation will now be available on a Jennifer II, who in 1960 earned a Top niques, many of which were developed by four-year quest by Park Curator Christine daily and weekly basis on the Inter - Toggenburg World Record for milk pro - the military during WWII. The assem - Valosin to research the cannon and estab - net, this and future editions of the duction. Mrs. Sandburg was often recog - blage of materials became the focus of the lish critical connections with several out - Arrowhead newsletter will primarily nized for her accomplishments as a designs. The flexibility of modern archi - side agencies, including the Department focus on “people” news regarding our E&AA members. This would in - champion goat breeder, and these goats tectural design dictated open interiors and of the Army. The park management team clude information on retirements, winning awards more than 50 years later expansive circulation allowing for easy under Christine’s lead then worked to obituaries and job changes. We will with the same genes is a testament to her adaptation to new laws and mandates such bring the cannon “home” to where it was continue to accept submissions for legacy. The goats were shown at the com - as ADA, unforeseen in the 1950s. The surrendered. This odyssey culminated on the types of news stories that keep petition by youth volunteers Evan and Albright facility is listed for its architectural Nov. 15, 2013 with an unveiling cere - readers informed about our National Mara Shook. integrity revealing these quintessential at - mony in the park. Park Service family members. Youth volunteer Anna Yokote showed tributes of Modernism style interpreted Surrendered to American forces after Almost 90 percent of our members Nubian doe, Catie, in the Nubian Junior within the Mission 66 era of 1955-1966. the Battles of Saratoga in 1777 along now access the content of the Arrow - Doe class and was awarded first place for The center was designed by NPS ar - with the rest of Burgoyne’s artillery, the head newsletter via the Internet rather Best in Class. Anna was also awarded sec - chitect Cecil J. Doty, a preeminent Mis - cannon is believed to have been used by than receive a hard-copy printed ver - sion in the mail. We still accommo - ond place in the junior showmanship com - sion 66 practitioner, who also designed the U.S. Army during the remainder of date a small group of our membership petition which judges her ability to handle a majority of visitor centers of this time. the American Revolution and possibly in who prefer a printed hard copy. As a goat and her knowledge of goat care. As stated in Chapter 6 of the NPS trea - the War of 1812. By the early 20th cen - most organizations are now doing, we Youth from the site’s volunteer pro - tise Mission 66 Visitor Centers by Sara tury, the cannon was on display in will continue to emphasize electronic gram are selected each year to compete Allaback: “...Doty’s designs were modest Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, site of the distribution of information and will at the fair. They form the group of vol - and utilitarian.... Perhaps most impor - 1776 Battle of Long Island. eventually eliminate the hard-copy unteers known as Flat Rock Exceptional tant to the Park Service, his designs are Purchased in the 1970s by what is now printed version of the Arrowhead Sandburg Helpers or FRESH, who assist sensitive to the site and historical context known as the Westervelt Company, the newsletter as more members become comfortable with the Internet. with farm chores and provide visitor in - without being cheap rustic imitations or cannon was exhibited in Alabama’s formation. Showing a goat requires modernistic spectacles.” Tuscaloosa Museum of Art. In a recent hours of practice in walking and posi - partnered agreement between the • On Oct. 26, Point Reyes NS and the for the project, Craig Middleton, execu - tioning to show them at their best advan - Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, Westervelt Point Reyes National Seashore Association tive director of the Presidio Trust, and tage to the judges. Hooves are trimmed, Company and the U.S. Army, it was re - celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Howard Levitt, director of communica - hair is sheared, and general grooming turned to the U.S. Army with their ap - Giacomini Wetlands, a 613-acre flood - tions and partnerships for Golden Gate needs to be done before the show. proval to place it on long-term display at plain and tidal wetland restoration project NRA . The humble former aircraft Preparing the goats for show is a group Saratoga NHP. that was completed in 2008. It was five hangar on the edge of scenic Crissy effort by all the volunteers at the farm. years to the date that the first high tides • In a moving Veterans Day ceremony, Field, overlooking the Golden Gate, was • Clara Barton, known as the “Angel of flowed into the restored wetland, wetting the National Japanese American Histor - crowded with over 200 military veterans, the Battlefield” during and after the Civil the feet of a crowd of 500 who gathered ical Society and its partners, the Presidio their families and community members, War and founder of the American Red to see nature do its work. Trust and the NPS, dedicated the Mili - who were able to enjoy the new exhibits Cross, dedicated her life and energies to The anniversary was celebrated with a tary Intelligence Service Historic Learn - that speak not only to wartime service, helping others in times of need at home number of different events. Nearly 50 ing Center in the very building on the but also to the lessons that the World and abroad, in peacetime and wartime. people joined noted avian biologists Jules historic Presidio of San Francisco where War II experience tell us about the need Inspired by Clara Barton’s legacy and Evens and Mary Anne Flett on a bird 58 Nisei soldiers began their schooling for language skills and intercultural un - with the goal of engaging a growing seg - walk. Others decided to take to the water, in Japanese language skills in the early derstanding in today’s world. ment of the population, on Sept. 24 kayaking with hydrologist Greg Kamman days of World War II. • The Historic Preservation Training Clara Barton NHS staff hosted Home - around the southern part of the Giacomini Even though their families were being Center ’s (HPTC) wood crafting team, school Day and invited Washington met - Wetlands. A hike through the wetlands sent to internment camps as they studied joined by two Preservation and Skills ropolitan area homeschool students and enabled participants to learn more about to be battlefield interpreters and head - Training (PAST) program trainees, re - quarters interpreters, these young sol - their families to participate in an educa - the history of the project and changes in cently spent three days repairing, in - diers met prejudice with patriotism and, tional program entitled “Clara Barton: the landscape since restoration was imple - stalling and finishing windows in the along with their brothers-in-arms in the Humanitarian in War and Peace.” The mented. There was a series of presenta - historic farm manager’s house at Carl famous 442nd (“Go For Broke”) Regi - activities included an American Red tions by park managers and scientists Sandburg Home NHS. The windows Cross recovery effort obstacle course, an involved in developing and studying the mental Combat Team, helped lay the foundation for full acceptance of Ameri - were removed earlier in the year and arts and crafts project and discovery sta - restored wetland. Talks on changes in hy - transported to the training center in tions. NPS interpreters in period dress drology, vegetation, water quality, inver - cans of Japanese ancestry as citizens in the post-war era. Frederick, Md., to undergo lead paint presented talks about the lives of soldiers tebrates and birds and what impacts Twenty years in the making, the restora - abatement and repairs. The window and nurses during the Civil War. climate change and sea-level rise may sashes were repaired per NPS preserva - have on the Giacomini Wetlands and tion of the former site of the Military In - • Horace P. Albright Training Center telligence Service marks the culmination of tion standards to protect the historic in - other wetlands in the Tomales Bay water - tegrity of the home, built around 1917. was officially listed to the National Reg - shed were given. The afternoon culmi - a public-private partnership in which fed - ister of Historic Places on Sept. 30. Lo - eral preservation funds were matched by In the collaborative effort between nated with a discussion of the power of HPTC and PAST, the windows were cated within the boundaries of Grand partnerships and how this project would private contributions to restore the build - Canyon NP and the only NPS training ing and create exhibits inside. Among the transported back to Carl Sandburg never have been constructed without the Home NHS by the wood crafting team, center in the West, the center is a state help of its many partners. many successful rehabilitation projects on significant historic district exemplifying the Presidio, this one is unique in that it is where the PAST program trainees joined the simple, practical, modernist design of • The last of three-known surviving brass the only site where the very people who them to complete the project by rein - the Mission 66 era. six-pound cannons from British General made the history have returned to present stalling the windows using the historic The facility is the first and only non- Burgoyne’s artillery train in the Battle of their stories at the very site where the his - pulleys and weights and replacing dete - residential or visitor facility of the Mis - Saratoga, missing for more than 50 years, tory was made. riorated sash cords. The PAST trainees sion 66 era to be listed. Due to careful has been returned to the battlefield at Among those making remarks were gained valuable experience in fulfilling restoration in 2006, the center retains a Saratoga NHP . Three surviving British Dan Bernal, chief of staff for Congress - the agency’s mission of preserving unim - high degree of quality workmanship ex - brass six-pound cannons from the Battles woman Nancy Pelosi, whose support was paired the natural and cultural resources hibiting the utilitarian design of a rapidly of Saratoga were known to exist; two had instrumental in granting the seed money continued on page 2 2 Arrowhead • Vol. 21 • No. 2

Focus on the Parks continued from front page tracked as they continued to move far - Classics like “Soldier’s Joy,” the Virginia possible for visitors to walk out to the of the National Park System for the con - ther offshore. reel and the German Waltz were per - caves, normally accessible only by boat. formed by rangers and volunteers in full tinued enjoyment, education and inspi - Pilot whales, which normally live far Word of the ice formations spread period dress. Most of the dancers were ration of this and future generations. out in the deep ocean, are one of the nationwide causing the record visitation most common marine mammals to be members of the Arlington Victorian and necessitating a call for assistance to the • On the afternoon of Dec. 3, a local fish - involved in mass strandings due to their Dance Society. Created by former NPS Midwest Region. A Type 3 incident man - ing guide alerted Everglades NP staff to close-knit social structure. NOAA biolo - Ranger Amy Delery, the group focuses agement team and a regional special events a pod of whales stranded in the Highland gists believed there was a high probabil - on recreating the domestic and social team provided assistance to the park. Beach area of the park. Responding park ity of survival for the remaining whales customs of the Civil War that often get • Redwood National and State Parks staff found a group of pilot whales at that as long as they continued to move back overshadowed by military history. has a hidden jewel. A national heritage location. Some of the whales were already into their normal habitat. • The United States is nominating the dead, but staff were able to move others hiding in plain sight, it is a magnificent but forgotten tribute to the men and women back into deeper water. • A new film by acclaimed documentary San Antonio Missions, consisting of most San Antonio Missions NHP who fought and helped win WWII—the The next day, park staff joined Na - filmmaker Ken Burns, entitled Yosemite: A of and the National Tribute Grove. Located in the tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin - Gathering of Spirit , premiered Dec. 8, Alamo, for inclusion on the World Her - 2013 at Paramount Studios in Los Ange - itage List, which recognizes the most sig - Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park unit istration (NOAA) and Florida Fish and of Redwood National and State Parks, the Wildlife Conservation personnel at the les. The 23-minute film, written by Burns’ nificant cultural and natural sites on the longtime collaborator, Dayton Duncan, planet. “World Heritage Sites represent National Tribute Grove consists of 5,000 site and continued rescue operations acres of old-growth redwood forest pre - focuses on the Yosemite Grant and the his - an incredible opportunity for the United under a unified command. Attempts served with a dual purpose—to remember tory of the protection of Yosemite NP . States to tell the world the whole story of were made to herd the surviving whales and honor the Americans who came forth back out into the ocean. On the morn - The event was sponsored by the America and the remarkable diversity of our people and beauty of our land,” said when their country called them to fight ing of Dec. 5, observers in a U.S. Coast Yosemite Conservancy, the park’s philan - and to preserve this redwood grove as an Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell. Guard helicopter located the remaining thropic partner, and consisted of two American heritage. “The San Antonio Missions represent a surviving whales nine miles north of the showings of the film, followed by a ques - The grove was meant to be a memorial vital part of our nation’s Latino heritage original stranding site. The whales were tion and answer session and a reception like no other. Sequoia sempervirens , the and the contributions of Latinos to the with the filmmakers. The film accompa - tree’s scientific name, translates roughly as building of our country.” nies the new book, Seed of the Future: Sequoia ever-green or ever-living. Some of This nomination will be considered for Yosemite and the Evolution of the Na - these trees live as long as 2,000 years, inscription on the World Heritage List by Arrowhead tional Park Idea , written by Dayton longer than most man-made monuments. Duncan. These new items are part of the the UNESCO World Heritage Commit - The founders of the memorial thought the The Newsletter of park’s commemoration of the 150th an - tee in the summer of 2015. If approved by ancient trees a most fitting medium to re - the Employees & niversary of the signing of the Yosemite the World Heritage Committee, it would member the veterans of WWII. At the start Alumni Association join the 21 sites in the United States al - of the National Park Grant, which occurred on June 30, of the war, this section of land was owned Service 1864. Visit the anniversary website at ready inscribed on the World Heritage by the Del Norte Lumber Company. Save The Arrowhead is a quarterly publication www.nps.gov/yose/anniversary to learn List. The UNESCO World Heritage List the Redwoods League contracted with the for National Park Service employees and more about the park’s sesquicentennial. falls under the auspices of the World Her - retirees. The E&AA is a nonprofit, mem - lumber company to buy the land as ten itage Convention, of which the United 500-acre parcels. They asked Americans to bership organization dedicated to pro - • African Burial Ground NM held a moting the values of the NPS family and States was the prime architect. It is an in - donate to the cause. In the words of New - Kwanzaa celebration Dec. 26 through 28 preserving its treasured resources. The ternational treaty for natural site conser - ton Drury, director of the National Park as part of the week-long African American Arrowhead is available to non-members vation and cultural site preservation Service in 1949, the grove was to be and other organizations for $15 per year. holiday, which is observed from Dec. 26 proposed by President Richard M. Nixon known as an ever-living “memorial of eter - to Jan. 1. Kwanzaa focuses on the tradi - in 1972; the United States was the first na - nal gratitude, eternally expressed” to those tional African values of family, community Dr. G. DJaiyr eGcotogrus e, Chair tion to ratify it. men and women who served in the armed responsibility, commerce and self-im - George Minnucci, Vice Chair There are currently 981 sites in 160 of forces of the United States in World War Dr. Kevin Clark provement. The name Kwanzaa is derived the 190 signatory countries. The list in - II, and so preserved American freedom. Gerard Gabrys from the phrase “matunda ya kwana,” cludes such iconic places as the Taj Mahal, It is a powerful story that the grove was David Harmon which means “first fruits” in Swahili. Dr. Gilbert Rochon Stonehenge and the Great Barrier Reef, as created, but an equally powerful story that Dr. Michael Soukup Each day’s activities included libation well as Yellowstone National Park, Grand its location and meaning have been largely Michael Walker, Esq. ceremonies honoring the ancestors, tours Canyon National Park and the Statue of forgotten over time. Near the current en - Deborah Yandala of both permanent and visiting art displays, Liberty National Monument in the trance to the park campground, the me - talks, dance performances and a screening United States. morial stone still sits in forest shade about of the movie, The Black Candle . On Dec. SecreLtianrdya/ TSrteoallsurer 20 feet off the highway. Hundreds of peo - • Vicksburg NMP staff and volunteers 27, the NPS also commemorated the 10th ple drive past it every day, not realizing it commemorated the 150th anniversary of anniversary of the Rites of Ancestral Re - is there. There are few left who remember. AdDvri.s Moriych Gaerlo Suopu Ckuhp air General William Tecumseh Sherman’s turn, which marked the interment of the Redwood National and State Parks Meridian Campaign over the first weekend 419 individuals whose remains were un - employees are working in partnership in February. The campaign was launched JennifEedr iMto.r Allen covered during the construction of the Ted with the local veterans association and from Vicksburg on Feb. 3, 1864 and is seen [email protected] Weiss Federal Building, located at 290 patriotic groups to revive the memory of by many historians as something of a dress Broadway in Lower Manhattan. The cere - this grove. Planning has begun for a mony featured speaker Tommie Smith, rehearsal for Sherman’s famous “March to Assistant Editor rededication ceremony and celebration Laura Robinson the Sea” through Georgia later in 1864. [email protected] who took the gold medal in the 200 me - on Veterans Day, 2014. ters during the summer Olympics in 1968, A special program was held on the n and former New York City Mayor David evening of Jan. 31 to give an overview of Trust FundH Leiodai nW Ahditme inistrator Dinkins and was followed by a short con - the campaign. Volunteers from six states [email protected] cert by noted soprano Shelby Banks, who joined park staff in giving first-person in - is known for her beautiful versions of terpretive programs on Feb. 1 and 2. Park MembBeorsnhnipe SCtoetosordn inator Negro spirituals. staff portrayed a representative of the [email protected] Western Freedmen’s Aid Commission in • On Jan. 5, Fort Washington Park Vicksburg; the organization, one of the The Arrowhead Store rangers and volunteers rang in the new largest of its kind, had more staff in Vicks - The Arrowhead Store is administered E&AA TrDusant FBuronwdn Trustees year with a Civil War-style ball in the en - burg and its environs than in any other lo - by Eastern National at the NPS’ re - Dr. G. Jay Gogue listed men’s quarters of the historic fort. Linda Stoll cation besides Memphis, emphasizing the quest to nurture the pride and spirit Heidi White Military balls were a common occur - number of freedmen and members of the that is the hallmark of those who have rence during the Civil War amongst all U.S. Colored Troops in Vicksburg. Ex - made the NPS a leader in the fields of ranks, from the “Cadet Hop” at West hibits showcased the story of the locally conservation and preservation. Arrow - Publisher Eastern National Point to simple camp dances in infantry recruited 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry. head products feature the official logo 470 Maryland Drive, Suite 1 units. These events broke up the tedium of the NPS and are not available for Fort Washington, PA 19034 of wartime life and in some instances • Extraordinary ice formations in park purchase by the general public but Phone: (215) 283-6900 may be purchased by NPS employees Fax: (215) 283-6925 were used to train new recruits; if a new caves along the shores of Lake Superior and alumni and our partners, such as www.eandaa.org soldier did not know left from right or have been drawing huge crowds to cooperating association employees ©2014 Eastern National how to march in time the formal, clock - Apostle Islands NL —as of late Febru - and volunteers, who help us protect work-like dances were a good way to ary 2014, about 80,000 people, more To contribute stories or photos for con - park resources and serve the public. sideration, or for E&AA contribution teach him. than half the park’s total 2013 visitation. Visit the Arrowhead Store at and membership information, please see Visitors braving chilly January weather This winter’s intense cold weather has www.ArrowheadStore.com today, page 8. were warmed by hot cider and energetic both created the cave formations and and see what’s new! displays of popular Civil War dances. frozen the lake sufficiently to make it Vol. 21 • No. 2 • Arrowhead 3

Class of 2013/2014

Tony Abeyta , procurement technician, became deputy superintendent at Boston treated historic weapons at Gettysburg Contracting Services Division, Denver NHP and Boston African American NMP and musical instruments including Service Center (DSC), Dec. 20 after 25 NHS. He then served as superintendent Carl Sandburg’s guitars and the Custis Benefactors years of federal service, over 13 of them of Lake Meredith NRA and Alibates Flint violin at Arlington House. He also served with the NPS. Quarries NM from 1996 until becoming as conservation coordinator/project man - The following donations were Tony began his civilian federal career deputy superintendent at Everglades NP ager for exhibit projects. His skill and ex - received this quarter. Thank you in 1989 at the former Fitzsimons Med - and Dry Tortugas NP in 2002. pertise are reflected in his contributions to for your support. ical Center as a procurement clerk, then John was superintendent of Carlsbad the NPS Exhibits Conservation Guidelines . later joined the U.S. Department of Vet - Caverns NP from 2005 until his retirement. Larry is an expert in fiber-optic lighting Juin Crosse Adams erans Affairs as a supply technician. He He and his wife, Deborah, plan to move to systems for exhibits and created a lighting Nicholas B. Clinch began his NPS career as a procurement Arizona to be closer to their son, John. laboratory in Museum Conservation Serv - Lennon Hooper technician at DSC’s Contracting Services ices to test new technologies. In 1995, In memory of Wallace Elms Division in 1999. E&AA Life Member Chris Bernthal , with fellow HFC conservator Toby Lois Bush In his retirement, Tony will reside in associate regional director for administra - Raphael, he organized an international Larry Henderson Brighton, Colo., spending time with his tion and information technology, Midwest symposium on museum lighting, as well as Lillian Seal wife of 47 years, Kathy, and his three chil - Region, Jan. 3 after over 39 years. a session on the same subject for the 1997 dren, nine grandchildren and one great- Chris started her NPS career in 1973 as In memory of John Kawamoto granddaughter. He also plans to continue a temporary park technician at Indiana American Institute for Conservation An - Randall and Kathy Pope Dunes NL. Two months later, she gained nual Standards Meeting. He designed perfecting his golf game and his hobby of In memory of Roger Rector, II woodworking to create beautiful walking her permanent status as a GS-3 clerk typ - lighting for the NPS Directors Exhibit and Chick and Deborah Fagan sticks and benches. Tony and Kathy hope ist. In 1976, she accepted an administra - a new exhibit case housing the Declaration to travel all over the country and take ad - tive clerk position at (then) Fort Clatsop of Independence at Independence NHP. In memory of Bob Steenhagen vantage of their Interagency Senior Pass. N MEM. After returning to Indiana He is a professional associate in the Amer - Denis P. Galvin Dunes as a purchasing agent, she became ican Institute for Conservation of Historic In memory of Dick Stenmark Mike Anderson , deputy superintendent, the administrative officer at Cape Cod NS, and Artistic Works. and Dan Kuehn Virgin Islands NP and Virgin Islands Coral Indiana Dunes NL and Everglades NP. Larry has been a professional violin- Robert and Anita Peterson Reef NM, Jan. 3 after over 34 years. In 1998, Chris became deputy superin - maker for some 40 years and will con - tendent at the Outer Banks Group. She is E&AA Life Member Jonathan Bayless , tinue in retirement. He also plans to do Donations 1916 Cap Offer retiring as Midwest Region’s associate re - conservation work on a contract basis. Marilyn Parris chief curator, Yosemite NP, Dec. 27 after gional director for administration and in - 33 years. formation technology. Some highlights of E&AA Life Member Fred Boyles , su - Jonathan began working with the NPS her career include having a key role in Ad - perintendent, Cumberland Island NS, in 1980 as a temporary natural resource ministrative Careers, assisting in rebuilding Nov. 30 after 33 years. specialist in the WASO Division of Natu - Everglades NP after Hurricane Andrew, E&AA welcomes the ral Resources. He participated in develop - Fred graduated from the University of helping with the Cape Hatteras Light - Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in edu - following new members: ment of the national catalog museum house move and being part of the admin - system. In 1984, he accepted a permanent cation and history and from Clemson David Aitken and Carol Whipple, istrative instructor team for 13 years. University with a master’s degree in Joseph E. Burns, Jr., Nicholas and position as a natural resource specialist in Chris looks forward to discovering the NPS/Cooperative Park Studies Unit recreation and park administration. He Cassandra Georgeff and Michael Pieper. new interests, traveling and finding a taught geography, history and economics (predecessor of the CESUs) at the Uni - home near the ocean again. She can be in public school in Waycross, Ga., in the versity of California, Davis, where he was contacted at [email protected]. also a member of the Director’s Natural mid-1970s prior to working for the NPS. History Collections Committee. Tracy Bodnar , chief of resources and Fred’s NPS career began in 1979 as an York Field Office. He served as a criminal In 1987, Jonathan joined Everglades visitor services, Aztec Ruins NM, Nov. 30 outdoor recreation planner in the South - investigator in 1995 and as chief steward NP as museum curator and developed a after 32 years. east Region. He joined Cumberland Gap for the Police Association of the District museum repository for the four South NHP in 1981 as park historian. He be - of Columbia (1992-1998). Florida national parks. He became re - E&AA Member Bryan Bowden , com - came superintendent of Moores Creek Victor was transferred to the Motorcy - gional curator for the Western Regional munity planner, Mount Rainier NP and NB in 1985, followed by superintendent cle Unit, Washington, D.C., in 1998. In Office in San Francisco in 1991 and par - staff member of the Rivers, Trails, and of Andersonville NHS and Jimmy Carter 1999, he was promoted to sergeant, ticipated in or led over 40 museum man - Conservation Assistance (RTCA) pro - NHS in 1989. He joined Cumberland Greenbelt Station, where he served as pa - agement plans. During the mid-1990s, gram, Dec. 28 after 35 years. Island NS as superintendent in 2009. trol supervisor and, later, sergeant of the at the time of the Servicewide reorgani - Bryan began working with the NPS in Throughout his tenure with the NPS, District 4 warrant squad. He was selected zation, he became the Pacific West Re - 1977 at Mount Rainier NP, first as a Fred oversaw a number of signature proj - as Motorcycle Unit sergeant in 2000 and gion’s regional wildlife biologist and crew leader for the Youth Conservation ects. At Andersonville NHS, he shep - served as motor sergeant through major National Natural Landmarks coordina - Corps program, then as a seasonal jani - herded the construction of the National events including the presidential inaugu - tor. He participated in the task force tor. He obtained career status in 1978. Prisoner of War Museum. At Jimmy Carter ration of George W. Bush and 9/11. charged with developing the online re - Bryan worked for 17 years in the Pacific NHS, he oversaw the development of the In October 2001, Victor transferred to search permit and collecting system—a West Region’s Seattle office in a variety of General Management Plan and the the Federal Law Enforcement Training four-year effort. Jonathan then accepted community assistance programs, which in - restoration of Plains High School and the Center (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., as a a multiyear detail as museum curator for cluded National Trails System (long-dis - Carter Boyhood Farm. At Moores Creek detailed instructor in the Physical Tech - Golden Gate NRA in 2002 and trans - tance trail management); Federal Lands to NB, he led the effort to remove the state niques Division and, later, the Enforcement ferred to Yosemite NP in 2005 as chief Parks program; Stateside Land and Water highway from the park and restore the bat - Techniques Division, where he taught crime scene search, patrol tactics, drug curator of the museum, archives and li - Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant pro - tlefield landscape to its historic appearance. recognition, fingerprinting and crowd con - brary program. gram; Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor At Cumberland Island NS, he imple - trol, prisoner control and searches. He was Jonathan and his wife, Mary, will be Recreation Planning (SCORP); Urban mented the Lands and Legacies tours and promoted to lieutenant and selected as moving to Davis, Calif. Jonathan can be Park and Recreation Recovery (UPARR) supervised the completion of the Former commander of the Motorcycle Unit in reached at [email protected]. grant program; and the RTCA program. Reserved Properties Management Plan. In 2001, he transferred back to Mount Washington, D.C., in 2002 and promoted In addition to working for the NPS, E&AA Life Member John C. Benjamin , Rainier NP, where he served in a split po - to captain and selected as commander of Fred has served as a captain in the Navy superintendent, Carlsbad Caverns NP, sition as the park community planner and the FLETC Training Unit in 2004. In Reserve Supply Corps and drills at the Oct. 3 after 45 years. as a staffer for the Seattle-based RTCA 2009, he was promoted to major and assis - Navy Operational Support Center at Naval After earning his bachelor’s degree in program. In retirement, Bryan plans to tant commander of the Services Division in resource management and a master’s de - continue to volunteer to help Eatonville, Air Station Jacksonville. He began a new Washington, D.C., and to deputy chief of gree in forestry from New York State Wash., and communities in the surround - assignment for the navy in December. the Services Division in 2012. He became College of Forestry at Syracuse Univer - ing Pierce County move forward with con - Paul J. Button , mechanical engineer, deputy chief of the Field Operations Divi - sity, John began his NPS career at servation and recreation projects. Alaska Regional Office, Oct. 3 after sion in October 2013. Dinosaur NM in 1968 as a seasonal park 30 years. ranger/naturalist. After three years, he Larry Bowers , senior conservator, E&AA Life Member Betsy Dodson , transferred to Lake Mead NRA to work Museum Conservation Services, Harpers Victor L. Chapman , deputy chief, Field training manager, Park Facility Manage - in law enforcement (1973-1977). He Ferry Center (HFC), Dec. 28 after 31 years. Operations Division, U.S. Park Police ment Division (PFMD), WASO, Jan. 11 moved with his family in 1977 to Glacier Larry specializes in the conservation of (U.S.P.P.), Dec. 28 after 25 years. after 27 years. NP, where he served as park ranger and wooden artifacts and objects, exhibits con - Victor began his U.S.P.P. career in Before joining PFMD in 1999, Betsy assistant wilderness specialist. servation and museum lighting. His work 1988 working undercover in the New worked at a variety of parks. She started her career in 1981 at (then) Death Valley From 1981 to 1989, John was a dis - includes 18th- and early 19th-century fur - York Field Office, Gateway NRA. He NM and worked for almost every disci - trict ranger at Glen Canyon NRA, then niture at Hampton NHS, the Wright Flyer went on to have assignments as a patrol pline in the NPS, including interpreter transferred to Grand Canyon NP and III at Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, officer, boardwalk officer at Riis Park, (Death Valley NM, Cape Hatteras NS, served as South Rim district ranger Robert E. Lee’s field desk at Gettysburg motorcycle dirt-bike patrol officer, Rock Creek Park), curator (Rock Creek (1989-1991). In 1991, John and his NMP, White House furniture, Lincoln- D.A.R.E. officer and community relations family moved to the East Coast, where he associated artifacts and more. He has officer during his nine years with the New continued on page 4 4 Arrowhead • Vol. 21 • No. 2

Class of 2013/2014 continued from page 3 Victoria “Vicky” Jacobson , regional Atlantic Region as regional chief of con - historical architect, Intermountain Re - Park), resource manager (NCR’s Envi - tracting and property management. In gion, Jan. 31 after over 22 years. ronmental Studies Lab), administrative 1988, he joined Independence NHP as In 1977, Vicky launched her second support (National Capital Parks-Central) administrative officer and became deputy career—as a preservation architect. She and maintenance worker (Valley Forge superintendent at the park in 1993. subsequently earned her M.Arch. degree NHP, Natchez Trace Parkway). Dennis was appointed superintendent of (1982); her architectural license (1988); As a PFMD employee, Betsy helped lead Independence NHP in 2005. He played a and a position with the NPS Western the adoption of total cost of facility own - critical leadership role in the planning, de - Pennsylvania Partnerships Branch at the ership practices and facility management sign and reconstruction of Independence Denver Service Center (1991). industry standards, which has resulted in Mall, a $340 million project that added the In 1994, Vicky became the park archi - over 500 training activities since 2000, in - Liberty Bell Center, the National Consti - tect for Mount Rainier NP and partici - cluding some of the first online e-course tution Center and the Independence Visi - pated in the park’s centennial celebration and webinar trainings in the NPS. She was tor Center in one of the largest urban before returning to the southwest in 2000 also one of the developers, along with redevelopment projects in the nation. to accept the historical architect position the Eppley Institute, of the award-winning Dennis has been regional director of the with the cultural resource program in the Facility Manager Leaders Program. Northeast Region since 2007. During his Intermountain Regional (IMR) Office - In retirement, Betsy is looking forward tenure, he helped shape Paterson Great Santa Fe. Almost a decade later, she to more time traveling with her husband, Falls NHP, Fort Monroe NM, Harriet emerged as the IMR regional historical ar - Bob, who retired as superintendent of Tubman Underground Railroad NM and chitect, working in the historic Old Santa First State NM. He also advanced the Fort Sumter NM in 2010, and maintain - Katie Lawhon, Gettysburg NMP Fe Trail Building. ing her family home and “farm.” She can ProRanger Philadelphia program, created Vicky is excited about beginning a third BOB KIRBY in partnership with Temple University, to be reached at [email protected]. leisure studies and an M.S. degree in recre - career, which will include preservation but establish a sound foundation for hiring the ation and park management, both from Daniel A. Healey , supervisory informa - also draw more on her creativity and sense next generation of stewards. San Francisco State University. From 1974 tion technology specialist, Alaska Regional of humor. She is fully grateful that her 22- Dennis has received a distinguished to 1983, he had assignments as a district Office, Dec. 31 after 28 years. plus years with the NPS make it possible. service award for his significant contribu - ranger, subdistrict supervisor and interpre - tions to advancing the mission of the NPS Ove Jensen , park ranger, Horseshoe tive ranger at Golden Gate NRA. Lonnie Hergenrider , maintenance me - through focus and dedication to nationally Bend NMP, Dec. 20 after over 20 years. Bob was an outdoor recreation direc - chanic supervisor, Denali NP & PRES, significant programs and initiatives. “My Ove earned a B.A. degree in German at tor with the Department of the Army in Jan. 31 after over 24 years. career in the National Park Service has been Auburn University. He served in the U.S. West Germany (1983-1986) and an en - Lonnie began his NPS career in 1989 more than I ever could have dreamed,” he Army overseas during Desert Storm. vironmental protection specialist with at Yellowstone NP. After working in the said. “After 37 years, I’m looking forward Ove’s entire NPS career has been spent the Defense Logistics Agency in Utah Old Faithful District of Yellowstone NP to spending more time with my wife and at Horseshoe Bend NMP. He has been (1986-1990), then rejoined the NPS as as a water treatment plant operator, he family and volunteering for service projects one of the leaders in the historic weapons chief of interpretation at Lowell NHP held positions of increasing responsibility in my community.” at Mesa Verde NP, Hovenweep NM, Nez training program, serving as a group leader (1990-1995). He then served as assistant Perce NHP, Big Hole NB, Little Bighorn and instructor. Due to his involvement, the superintendent of Delaware Water Gap Norm Rieker , trails work leader, Cuyahoga Battlefield NM and Custer National safety and effectiveness of the black powder NRA (1995-2000) and superintendent Valley NP, Dec. 26 after 21 years. of Petersburg NB (2001-2010) before Cemetery and Bighorn Canyon NRA be - program has been positively changed. Norm worked at Cuyahoga Valley NP becoming superintendent of Gettysburg fore coming to Denali NP & PRES. An Alabama native, Ove accepted a for his entire federal career, starting in management position with the Alabama NMP and Eisenhower NHS in March 1992 as a trail worker. He spent many Scott Hinson , acting chief, Investigative State Historic Commission. He will be 2010. Bob’s awards include a DOI Su - years maintaining the Ohio and Erie Canal Services Branch, Jan. 11 after 32 years. director of Fort Jackson-Fort Toulouse perior Service Award. Towpath Trail. In 2009, he was promoted State Historic Sites. to his most recent position and was in - Scott began his career at Yosemite NP E&AA Life Member Jeri Mihalic , training as a laborer, then served as a fee collector volved with all aspects of trail maintenance, Chris Kanda , housing program man - coordinator, Park Facility Management and, later, as a jailor in the Yosemite Hold - including volunteer coordination, bridge ager, Pacific West Regional Office, Division (PFMD), Jan. 3 after 38 years. building, trail mowing and hazardous tree ing Facility. He received his first law en - Jan. 3 after 32 years of federal service, 25 Jeri’s career started in 1975 as a sea - removal. Norm is a veteran, having served forcement commission as a ranger one of them with the NPS. sonal fee collector in Yosemite NP. She four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. summer at Petrified Forest NP, followed also worked in the concessions manage - Tug Kangus , airplane pilot and me - by a season at Glen Canyon NRA. ment and chief interpreter’s offices there Mary Gibson Scott , superintendent, chanic, Glen Canyon NRA and Rainbow Scott became a permanent employee before being accepted into the 1977 Ser - Grand Teton NP and John D. Rockefeller , Bridge NM, Dec. 31 after over 41 years. with an appointment to the U.S. Park vicewide intake program. She spent a year Jr., Memorial Parkway, Nov. 8 after 33 years. Tug began his NPS aviation career in Police. He worked primarily in the San at Indiana Dunes NL as her training park During her NPS career, Mary served in 1972 as the chief pilot in the Southeast Francisco Field Office until transferring before going to Bandelier NM for her first park management positions at Santa Fe Regional Office, flying twin engine turbo to an investigator position at Yosemite administrative officer (AO) position in (former NPS Southwest Regional Office) props and helicopters. As a commissioned NP. Next, he was the Pacific Area law en - 1979. She also served as the AO at Cape and Carlsbad Caverns NP, Golden Gate law enforcement pilot, his primary mis - forcement specialist, stationed at Hawaii Cod NS and North Cascades NP. NRA, Santa Monica Mountains NRA and sions were to safely transport personnel. Volcanoes NP, before returning to Before joining PFMD in 1999, Jeri Channel Islands NP, Gateway NRA and Yosemite NP as a criminal investigator. In 1978, Tug transferred to the South - worked for almost 12 years as a perma - Blue Ridge Parkway. She became superin - He then transferred to Lake Mead NRA west Regional Office in Santa Fe, N.Mex., nent intermittent after marrying Dave tendent of Grand Teton NP and the John as the supervisory special agent. as the regional aviation manager and chief Mihalic (who retired as superintendent D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway in In 2003, NPS special agents were di - pilot, flying smaller twin engine airplanes. of Yosemite NP in 2003). She worked on 2004. She is the first female to fill the rected to report directly to the Washing - He flew a variety of missions for the region, various projects and presented training park’s top position. In 2010, Mary served ton Office, and Scott became the special parks and other agencies and bureaus as a sessions on administrative topics. She as acting regional director for the Inter - agent in charge in what was to become commissioned law enforcement pilot. In began working for PFMD with the im - mountain Regional Office. the West AOR (area of operation) for the 1981, he transferred to Glen Canyon NRA plementation of the Facility Manage - Among her many accomplishments at newly formed Investigative Services and Rainbow Bridge NM as chief pilot and ment Software System and was one of Grand Teton NP, Mary brought several Branch. His last assignment was the four- mechanic. He flew a Grumman Goose am - the developers of the award-winning Fa - major projects to completion, including year acting assignment as the chief of the phibious aircraft rescuing injured park vis - cility Manager Leaders Program. the construction of the Craig Thomas Investigative Services Branch. itors on Lake Powell and a Cessna 206 Jeri is looking forward to traveling Discovery and Visitor Center (2007). She During his NPS career, Scott also Stationaire. He has remained at the park with Dave and doing more quilting. She worked with the senior associates of spent over 20 years as a member, team for the past 33 years. can be reached at [email protected]. Laurance S. Rockefeller (LSR) to com - leader and field commander of the Pa - In 2010, in recognition of his 38 years plete the conveyance of the LSR Preserve Bonnie Murray , administrative officer, cific West Region Special Event and Tac - of accident-free flying, Tug was awarded property in 2007 (1,106 acres), and she Hopewell Culture NHP, Nov. 30 after tical Teams. His awards include the DOI the Secretary’s Award of Honor—the oversaw the opening of the LSR Preserve over 41 years. Valor Award (twice) and two distin - highest DOI award given to a pilot. He Center in 2008. Through support of the was granted the DOI Distinguished Serv - guished service awards from the White E&AA Life Member Dennis Reidenbach , Grand Teton National Park Foundation, ice Award on his last day of service, Dec. House Office of National Drug Control regional director, Northeast Region, she helped launch the Jenny Lake Re - 31, 2013. He and his wife, JoAnn, are Strategy. He is a graduate of the 235th Jan. 3 after 37 years of federal service, 30 newal Project. From 2008 to 2010, Mary staying in Page, Ariz., and taking advan - session of the FBI National Academy. of them with the NPS. tage of his free time by traveling. served as chairperson for the Greater Yel - Scott is one of nine family members to Dennis earned his B.A. degree in busi - lowstone Coordinating Committee and have worked for the NPS. Scott, his wife, E&AA Life Member James Robert ness administration and political science also served on the National Leadership Mary (who is chief ranger at Lake Mead “Bob” Kirby , superintendent, Gettysburg from Grove City College. He began his Council. With representatives of Ar - NRA), and their two children, Tyler and NMP and Eisenhower NHS, Jan. 3 federal government career in 1976, first gentina, she forged a sister park relation - Jerra, will continue to reside in Boulder after 40 years of federal service, 32 of with the Department of Defense and then ship with Los Glaciares National Park. City, Nev. Scott can be reached at them with the NPS. with the General Services Administration. Mary’s awards include the DOI Supe - [email protected]. Bob has a B.A. degree in recreation and He joined the NPS in 1983 in the Mid- continued on page 5 Vol. 21 • No. 2 • Arrowhead 5

Class of 2013/2014 continued from page 4 E&AA Life Member John Teichert , more than 250 communities of upstate rior Service Award (2003) and the 2008 project manager and architect, Pacific New York for the possible national desig - Intermountain Region’s Superintendent West Regional Office, Nov. 2 after over nation of the Erie Canalway National of the Year for Natural Resources Award. 46 years of federal service, over 36 of Heritage Corridor, culminating in its au - them with the NPS. thorization in December 2000. He trans - Mary Johanna Sellers , budget techni - John began his career with the U.S. ferred to Lake Mead NRA in 2001. cian, Glacier Bay NP & PRES, Dec. 28 Coast Guard, where he worked for nine In retirement, Gary and his wife, Mary, after 34 years. years in active duty and as a civilian em - will stay in the Boulder City, Nev., area. He can be reached at [email protected]. Richard Silva , seismic safety program ployee. He joined the NPS in 1976 as a project manager for the Southeast and manager, Denver Service Center (DSC), E&AA Life Member Jock Whitworth , Jan. 3 after over 33 years of government Southwest team at the Denver Service superintendent, Zion NP, Jan. 3 after 36 service, 29 of them with the NPS at DSC. Center, where he worked on projects in years of federal service, over 35 of them parks including Guadalupe Mountains NP with the NPS. Anita T. Smith , exhibits specialist, and Fort Sumter NM. From there, in Jock’s first federal job was as a fire - Harpers Ferry Center (HFC), Dec. 28 1978, he joined the Pacific Northwest Re - fighter on the U.S. Forest Service’s Mor - after 30 years. gional Office, where he led the newly es - mon Lake Hotshot Crew in Arizona in Anita graduated from Shepherd Uni - tablished NPS sustainability program and 1977. In 1978, he joined the NPS as a versity with a degree in fine art. In 1983, helped design and build some of the first seasonal ranger at Montezuma Castle she joined HFC’s Museum Production NPS energy conservation projects. During NM. Two months later, he landed his as an exhibit plans coordinator. Her first this stint, John went to almost every park first permanent job as a commissioned NPS big project was for Steamtown NHS. She in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska that dispatcher at Grand Canyon NP. BOB WIGHTMAN was the contracting officer’s representa - was included in the region at that time. From then on, Jock has proudly worn Bob has managed and/or supported nu - tive (COR) for the multimillion dollar, From 1983 until 1999, John served as the NPS “flat hat,” serving with law en - merous resource and visitor protection 13,000-square-foot exhibit. It was a busy assistant superintendent and chief of main - forcement, interpretation, resource man - programs including fee operations, lands, time, since she was also working on the tenance at Olympic NP, as project manager agement and administration at 11 national special park uses and emergency services, White House Visitor Center project. for hurricane restoration in Everglades NP park sites including Montezuma Castle as well as serving as a senior member of the division’s leadership team and also re - Anita was a key member of the Dayton after Hurricane Andrew, on the Presidio NM, Grand Canyon NP, Wupatki and sponding to incidents and special events as Aviation Heritage NHP project team. transition team in San Francisco and as act - Sunset Crater Volcano National Monu - a planning section chief for the Eastern All Her exhibits were central to the celebra - ing chief of maintenance and chief of busi - ments, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Theodore Risk Incident Management Team. tion and interpretation of the Wright ness management at Golden Gate NRA. Roosevelt NP, Big Hole NB, Rocky At the Smokies, Bob and his wife, brothers’ achievements and the 2003 For the last 14 years, John was project Mountain NP, Chamizal N MEM, Padre Island NS and Zion NP. He became su - Marianne, raised two sons and a daugh - centennial of the birth of aviation. The manager for projects within the Pacific perintendent at Zion NP in 2003 and is ter: Wes, Paul and Sarah. Sadly, Marianne Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and Mu - West Region. Some of his favorite and the longest continuous-serving superin - passed away in 2009 after a long illness. seum at the USS Arizona Memorial in most memorable projects included design tendent in the park’s history. Sarah has remained an important part of Hawaii was Anita’s largest and most and construction of a new visitor center at Jock has championed resource conser - the park family as she has accumulated complicated project. In 2012, the Castle the USS Arizona Memorial, a new head - vation, sustainable practices and wilder - more than 6,000 hours of volunteer serv - Williams exterior exhibits at Governors quarters and housing buildings for Oregon ness protection. At Padre Island NS, he ice to the park. Bob plans to remain heav - Island NM, for which Anita served as Caves NM and restoration of the historic earned the Director’s Award for Super - ily engaged in Special Olympics in the fabrication COR, won first place in the lodge at Stehekin in Lake Chelan NRA. intendent of the Year for Natural Re - local community with his daughter. He NAI Waysides award category. In No - John plans to stay in Port Angeles, source Stewardship for his work with the also plans to volunteer for his successor, vember 2013, she oversaw the installa - Wash., which is close to Olympic NP, Ridley sea turtle project. In 2009, he re - focusing on aspects of the lands program tion of exhibits at Herbert Hoover NHS. where his wife, Lisa, is chief of conces - ceived the IMR Regional Director’s for which he previously had difficulty Anita helped establish the HFC Accessi - sions, and he will have plenty of visits with Award for Superintendent of the Year finding the time. Retired or not, Bob’s bility Committee and continually supported his grandchildren. He’s planning on tak - for Natural Resource Stewardship. He high energy level and devotion to the increased accessibility for exhibits. Over the ing college classes, continuing to do his art served on the NPS National Wilderness NPS mission remain unchanged. years, she helped develop and refine the (paint, sculpt, draw), stay fit (another half Leadership Council, the Natural Re - HFC Accessibility Guidelines for exhibits. marathon is on the calendar) and travel. source Advisory Group and the IMR E&AA Life Member Gary Warshefski , Wilderness Executive Committee. Dougless “Dee” Strickland , facility op - Jock plans to continue his interests in erations specialist, Cuyahoga Valley NP, deputy superintendent, Lake Mead NRA, Jan. 3 after over 38 years of federal service. photography, art appreciation, world Jan. 3 after 35 years. travel, hiking and active volunteerism with Gary graduated from the University of Dee served at Cuyahoga Valley NP for A Christian Ministry in the National Parks Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in her entire NPS career. She calls herself “a and other nonprofits. He can be reached forestry and began his federal career by local gal” having grown up in the nearby at [email protected]. area. In winter 1978, she started as a park joining the Peace Corps and serving in aid working at the now defunct toboggan Costa Rica as a forester. After almost two Bob Wightman , park ranger, Great runs. The following summer, she was hired years in Costa Rica, he was hired as a sea - Smoky Mountains NP, Jan. 3 after over as a seasonal employee in receiving and sonal park technician at the National Mall 44 years. shortly obtained permanent status. In in 1976 for the bicentennial celebration. Bob began with the NPS as a seasonal 1995, she was selected as the property dis - Soon after his seasonal appointment entrance station ranger at Petrified Forest posal technician. Further promotion came ended, Gary was hired as a permanent park NP while on summer break from Col - in 2007 to her most recent assignment. technician on the National Mall. After two orado State University in 1968. He was Throughout these 35 years, Dee has years, he became a supervisory park tech - accepted into the urban intake program been hands-on in establishing supply and nician at Fire Island NS. and spent his last college summer in an procurement procedures, sensitively han - In 1980, Gary moved to Santa Monica entrance station at Rocky Mountain NP. dling the bulk of expiring Reservations Mountains NRA and worked as an envi - Upon graduation, he had a permanent of Use and Occupancy, and overseeing ronmental education specialist, a supervi - job at Rocky Mountain NP in 1969. NPS the successful stewardship of assets/facil - sory park ranger and then a district ranger. Bob was soon shipped off to Ranger WARREN WRENN ities and hazardous materials. She tried Heavily involved in wildland firefighting, he Skills at Grand Canyon NP, then to the Warren Wrenn , safety and occupational to lead by example, and her advice to fought fires as a crew supervisor, base camp National Capital Region, where his intake health specialist, Outer Banks Group other Cuyahoga Valley NP staff is: “Sol - manager and logistics section chief. In program had him rotating through posts (Cape Hatteras NS, Wright Brothers N dier on and do the right thing and serve 1988, he became chief ranger at the USS at Catoctin Mountain Park, Rock Creek MEM and Fort Raleigh NHS), Dec. 27 the public in the best way possible.” Arizona Memorial, where he also served as Park and Theodore Roosevelt Island. after over 36 years. For eight years, Dee was a red-carded the acting superintendent for more than a While in Washington, D.C., he was sent to Warren began his career in federal serv - wildland fire responder and has actively year. At this point in time, Gary received a a law enforcement training program run by ice while attending East Carolina Univer - volunteered for the Resource Management master’s degree in public administration the U.S. Park Police. In 1972, he was sity in the late 1970s, working summers Division for 25-plus years. In retirement, from Central Michigan University. transferred to Cape Hatteras NS. Two as a cave guide at Mammoth Cave NP. she is pursuing certification to become an In 1991, Gary became deputy superin - His first permanent assignment was at AD (administrative determination) hire for years on the Outer Banks were followed by tendent of Manhattan Sites, where he (then) Abraham Lincoln Birthplace future incident response. She intends to another two as the only protection ranger served for three years, then spent over seven NHS. He moved to the Outer Banks in enjoy her leisure time productively, to have at Fort Caroline N MEM. years as superintendent of Fort Stanwix 1980 to work as a park ranger in inter - fun and continue giving back by ongoing Bob then joined Great Smoky Moun - NM. He coordinated the first North At - pretation at Wright Brothers N MEM. volunteer service at Cuyahoga Valley NP. tains NP, first as a frontcountry ranger, lantic Region All Risk Management Team, then supervising the backcountry law en - Later that year, he transferred to Buxton Jim Strotman , chief of land resources, serving as its first incident commander. He forcement unit. In 1988, he made his last and spent the next 11 years giving pro - Southeast Region, Dec. 20 after over also served as the program manager coor - office move, into the Chief Ranger’s Office grams at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. 16 years. dinating the planning and outreach to at the park, where he served for 25 years. continued on page 7 6 Arrowhead • Vol. 21 • No. 2

Requiescat in Pace

Robert J. “Bob” Arkins , 82, Jan. 8. Faw and Sharon Luttrell; nieces, and HFC colleagues. He admired their ex - the words of his close friend and mentor, Bob earned a degree in forest manage - nephews and other relatives; and friends. pertise, teamwork and dedication. Ron Mackie, “Jose was nothing but the ment in 1953 at the University of Min - For personal reflection, visit the “In In retirement, Dick wrote poetry, raced best, generous-hearted, positive in his ap - nesota. After graduation, he served in the Memory of Susan Blair” Facebook page outrigger canoes and volunteered as a proach to life, inclusive towards all human U.S. Army during the Korean War as a para - at www.facebook.com/Inmemoryo fSusan. tutor for GED and English as a Second beings, completely competent in all his work trooper with the 11th Airborne Division. Language students. His two volumes of efforts, just a wonderful, special friend.” Robert “Bruce” Brownrigg , 75, Bob began his career as a forester with poetry include Weathering Wilderness Jose’s survivors include his wife of 24 Feb. 2. the South Dakota Department of Game, (published by Birch Brook Press) and Hold years, Liana; his children, Brooks and Bruce, who resided in Lakewood, Fish and Parks in Rapid City, S.Dak. He You in the Light (expected spring 2014 by Nakita; and his grandsons, Emiliano (age Colo., worked for both the NPS Inter - later moved to Pierre, S.Dak., where he Birch Brook Impressions). 4) and Gabriel (age 2), who Jose and mountain Region and Denver Service became the state’s chief forester and di - Dick’s survivors include his wife, Audrey Liana have been raising since 2011. Center. Messages of condolence may be rector of the statewide park system. Ann Dannenberg; daughter, Angela Nakita has been following in her father’s shared at www.horancares.com. Later, Bob joined the Bureau of Outdoor Hoffman Geddes; sister, Sue Hoffman; footsteps, working seasonally as a trail Recreation in Washington, D.C. In 1967, Harold H. “Kip” Hagen, Jr. , 62, and stepdaughter, Alison Travers. Dona - worker for various parks. Donations to - he moved to Colorado, where he adminis - Dec. 14, due to a heart attack, at home tions in his memory may be made to the wards the grandsons’ college funds can tered the regional grants program and su - in Tafton, Pa. National Park Foundation, 1201 Eye be made to the Lopez Family Account, pervised a recreational rivers and trails Over his 37-year NPS career, Kip Street, NW, Suite 550B, Washington, DC #307015388, at Yosemite Bank. technical assistance program at the Denver served with distinction in numerous 20005, or to the Friends of the Washington E&AA Life Member Ralph R. Federal Center. He retired from the NPS roles. A native of Scranton, Pa., and su - Canoe Club, 2419 Lillian Drive, Silver McFadden , 97, Dec. 15, at Apple Intermountain Regional Office in 1991. perintendent at Steamtown NHS since Spring, MD 20902. Village Assisted Living in Layton, Utah. Bob’s survivors include Peggy, his wife of 2002, he made an indelible mark on the Ruth Kerr , Nov. 26. Ralph was chief electric/electronic en - 54 years; two children: John (Jamie) Arkins park, initiating new programs and forg - Ruth was an interpretive ranger at gineer at the Denver Service Center and Caroline (Kevin) Lockwood; and ing strong partnerships in the surround - Klondike Gold Rush NHP’s Seattle Unit. (DSC) when he retired from the NPS in granddaughter, Erin. Donations may be ing communities. In 2006, he received She was an enthusiastic ranger who 1977. He earned his degree in electrical made to Glory of God Lutheran Church, the DOI’s Take Pride in America Federal brought the stories of the Gold Rush to life engineering at the University of Washing - 12200 W. 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO Land Manager Award for his support of through living history programs, children’s ton in Seattle in 1939 and married his 80033. Friends may sign the guestbook at the park’s Volunteers-In-Parks program. puppet shows, sourdough baking demon - wife, Alice, that same year. His first tem - www.horancares.com/obituary/Robert- Prior to joining Steamtown NHS in strations, the “Northwest Notes” speaker porary NPS position was as a fire lookout J.-Arkins/Lakewood-CO/1330554. 1998 as assistant superintendent, Kip series and interpretive initiatives. She also at Mount Rainier NP in 1936, and his spent eight years in WASO’s Park Facility Robert Charles “Rob” Atwood , 45, served as a mentor to younger staff mem - first permanent position was at Mount Management Division. Nov. 6, unexpectedly at home in bers. As the park’s VIP coordinator, she Rainier NP as a radio mechanic in 1940. Kip’s survivors include his wife, Merrimac, Mass. dedicated tremendous effort to the man - This was followed by stints at Olympic Donna, who works for WASO’s Park Rob was an architectural engineer agement of the unit’s trails and rails pro - NP as a radio technician (1943-1944 and Facility Management Division; son, Jim; working in the Northeast Region’s His - gram, providing services on the Empire 1946-1950). He served as an electronic two daughters: Sarah and Ashley; and toric Architecture, Conservation and En - Builder and Coast Starlight Amtrak train engineer at WASO (1950-1952) and the three grandchildren. Memorial dona - gineering Center. He was responsible for routes. She also served in a long-term de - Western Office of Design and Construc - tions may be made to the Lackawanna assisting the center and park staff in the tail at Klondike Gold Rush’s sister park in tion/DSC (1953-1971) before serving in and Wyoming Valley Rail Historical transition to a common specification Skagway, Alaska. his final position as chief electric/elec - Society, P.O. Box 3452, Scranton, PA writing and cost estimating system. He Before joining the Klondike staff in tronic engineer at the DSC (1971-1977). 18505-0452; made payable to “Loco - was involved in community affairs in 2005, Ruth volunteered at Mount Rainier During his career, Ralph established motive Restoration Fund.” Merrimac, including as a member of the NP and worked at the Social Security Ad - technical and regulatory procedures for planning board and the Lions Club as E&AA Life Member Richard B. ministration. She also worked for the U.S. the Traveler’s Information Service for well as historic preservation issues. Dona - “Dick” Hoffman , 68, Sept. 26, in Forest Service at Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie many parks and pioneered many radio tions in Rob’s memory may be made to Charlottesville, Va. National Forest as a forestry technician, systems. Ralph received the DOI the Pentucket Scholarship Foundation, Dick retired from the NPS as a senior where she patrolled frontcountry recre - Meritorious Service Award. He taught P.O. Box 36, Groveland, MA 01834. planner at Harpers Ferry Center (HFC) ation areas and was a wildland firefighter. Sunday School and enjoyed traveling, in 2004 after 30 years of service. Spend - A memorial fund has been set up by the photography and music. ing most of his career in the Department family to a charity that Ruth chose prior to Ralph’s survivors include two sons: of Wayside Exhibits, Dick planned and her death. Donations can either be mailed David and John; eight grandchildren; wrote text for waysides in numerous to: Commemorative Giving, Seattle Chil - and 12 great-grandchildren. He was pre - park areas, from Everglades to Glacier dren’s Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box deceased by Alice, his wife of 72 years, in Bay, and from Virgin Islands to War in 5371, Seattle, WA 98145-5005, or you 2012. Online condolences may be the Pacific in Guam. He was a pioneer in can make your donation to Seattle Chil - shared at www.evans-earlymortuary.com. the development of the NPS wayside ex - dren’s Hospital by phone at (800) 635- Priscilla L. Nalls , 66, Nov. 3. hibit program and was known for his 1432; include your address and share that Priscilla served with the federal gov - concise writing style and the concept of you are making the donation in memory ernment for 33 years. She began her using waysides to respectfully “caption of Ruth Kerr. career in 1980 as a civilian for the De - the landscape.” Jose David Lopez , 59, Sept. 13, at partment of the Army. Her husband, Some of Dick’s most memorable proj - home, due to cancer. Thomas, served in the military in Alaska, ects were international assignments: with Jose spent 40 years dedicated to caring Texas and Germany. HFC colleagues Bruce Geyman in India for Yosemite NP’s wild places. He was In 1984, Priscilla started working at and Dave McLean in Bulgaria and Poland. born in Tombstone, Ariz., and first the NPS Southeast Regional Office in Dick spoke often and fondly of his NPS worked at Yosemite NP in 1973 as a the Contracting and Planning divisions. Student Conservation volunteer while She transitioned to the Interpretation he studied at Cochise College in and Education Division in 1995. Along NPS Douglas, Ariz. with interpretation and education pro - SUSAN BLAIR Jose was most in his element in a trail gram duties, she served as the regional Susan Gayle Faw Faw Blair , 57, Jan. crew camp deep in the wilderness, but he accessibility coordinator, Volunteers-In- 25, at home in Biloxi, Miss., after a year- served the park in many capacities. He Parks coordinator and youth programs long battle with cancer. joined an NPS trail crew in 1975 with Jim coordinator. She served on several Soon after completing a degree in biol - Snyder (supervisor) and Jim Murphy Servicewide advisory panels and was ogy, Susan began her NPS career at Gulf (cook) and remained lifelong friends with awarded the Southeast Region’s “Keeper Islands NS. Later, she took an interpretive these influential mentors. In 1982, he be - of the Light Award” in 2004 for out - position with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv - came trail crew foreman of an NPS/Cal - standing interpretation and education ice at the Leavenworth, Wash., National ifornia Conservation Corps crew; many of leadership. She received the NPS Na - Fish Hatchery. She married Michael Allen his crew went on to have NPS careers. tional Accessibility Leadership Award in Blair on Jan. 1, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nev. Jose was also an accomplished backcoun - 2006 and was named Southeast Regional In 2008, Susan returned to Gulf Islands try skier, EMT, blaster, explosives-use in - Office employee of the year in 2012. NS and served as the Mississippi District structor, Ostrander Ski Hut keeper and a Priscilla’s survivors include her hus - resource educator, overseeing resource ed - Nordic patrolman at Badger Pass. He was band, Thomas; daughter, Nicole; son-in- ucation operations. a very strong skier. In 1987, he met his law, Conrad; and eight grandchildren. Susan’s survivors include her husband, wife, Liana, and they married in 1989. She was preceded in death by her son, Michael; mother, Marie Scott; father, Along with his accomplishments, Jose will Bruce Geyman Thomas Nalls, Jr. Louis Faw Faw, Jr.; sisters, Sandra Faw be remembered for his sense of humor. In continued on page 7 DICK HOFFMAN Vol. 21 • No. 2 • Arrowhead 7

New Places & Faces

Jessica Bowron , from budget analyst, Di - Travis Heinrich , from park ranger (pro - sources Stewardship and Science Direc - Aztec Ruins NM and acting superintend - vision of Fire and Aviation Management, tection), Padre Island NS, to park ranger torate, Fort Collins, Colo. ent, Chaco Culture NHP, to superin - National Interagency Fire Center, Boise, (protection), Glen Canyon NRA. tendent, Chaco Culture NHP and Aztec Rebecca R. Lasell , to superintendent, Idaho, to NPS chief of budget formula - Ruins NM. tion and strategic planning, WASO. Nick Herring , from deputy chief ranger, Kenai Fjords NP. Yellowstone NP, to pilot, Glen Canyon Justin Unger , from chief of administra - Anthony “Toby” Matney , to mainte - Mike Caldwell , from deputy regional NRA. tion, National Mall and Memorial Parks, nance mechanic supervisor, Cuyahoga director/chief of staff, to regional direc - to deputy superintendent, Everglades Mark Hnat , from acting Mead District Valley NP. tor, Northeast Region. NP and Dry Tortugas NP. ranger, to Mead District ranger, Lake Justin Monetti , from chief of interpre - Melissa K. Cobern , from backcountry Mead NRA. Prior to Mark’s acting assign - David Vela , from associate director for tation and education, Morristown NHP, management specialist, Great Smoky ment, he was a supervisory ranger in the workforce, relevancy and inclusion, to site manager, Martin Van Buren NHS. Mountains NP, to superintendent, Mead District at Lake Mead NRA. WASO, to superintendent, Grand George Washington Birthplace NM and Teton NP. David Horne , from regional branch Mike Reynolds , from regional director, n Thomas Stone NHS. chief for law enforcement and ranger ac - Midwest Region, to associate director for workforce, relevancy and inclusion, WASO. Darrell Echols , from deputy superin - tivities, Intermountain Region, to re - tendent, Outer Banks Group (Cape gional chief ranger, Southeast Region. Jim Richardson , from chief ranger, Hatteras NS, Wright Brothers N MEM Sula Jacobs , from deputy superintend - Whiskeytown NRA, to superintendent, Class of and Fort Raleigh NHS), to regional chief ent, Biscayne NP, to superintendent, War in the Pacific NHP and American of natural resources, Southeast Region. Cumberland Gap NHP. Memorial Park. Mitzi Frank , from superintendent, Fort Kara Roll , from superintendent’s secre - 2013/2014 Laramie NHS, to superintendent, El tary, Cuyahoga Valley NP, to administra - Malpais NM and El Morro NM. tive officer, Little Rock Central High continued from page 5 School NHS. Dr. Herbert C. “Bert” Frost , from In 1991, he returned to Wright Brothers associate director for natural resource Dr. Raymond Sauvajot , from chief of N MEM to supervise visitor services at stewardship and science, WASO, to natural resource programs, Pacific West the memorial and at Fort Raleigh NHS. regional director, Alaska Region. Region, to deputy associate director of Since then, Warren held positions as budget and policy, Natural Resource the concessions management specialist Kelly Fuhrmann , from chief of natural Stewardship and Science Directorate, and the safety officer for the Outer Banks and cultural resources management, Washington, D.C. Group. He has also participated in organ - Death Valley NP, to superintendent, izing many high-profile events including Sagamore Hill NHS. Dr. Peter “Pete” Sharpe , from natural the 2003 First Flight Centennial Celebra - resources condition assessment program Noemi “Ami” Ghazala , from chief of tion, the relocation of the Cape Hatteras interpretation, to superintendent, coordinator, to hydrologist, Northeast Lighthouse and the 50th anniversary cel - Women’s Rights NHP. Region. ebration of Cape Hatteras NS. Warren served as the lead contact for park April Slayton , to chief of public affairs Ellen Hand , from program manager of partners including the Roanoke Island His - and NPS chief spokesperson, WASO. the East Administrative Servicing Unit, torical Association, the First Flight Society Southeast Region, to chief of administra - Major Patrick C. Smith , from com - and the Elizabethan Gardens. He plans to tion and manager of the South Adminis - NPS mander, Icon Protection Branch, U.S. remain active with the First Flight Rotary trative Servicing Unit, Everglades NP. Park Police (U.S.P.P.) to deputy chief and Club, Kitty Hawk United Methodist CRAIG KENKEL acting assistant chief of police, U.S.P.P. Church and other local organizations. Lorena Harris , from chief ranger, Craig Kenkel , from superintendent, San Christiansted NHS, Buck Island Reef Francisco Maritime NHP, to superin - Mark Spier , from superintendent, Palo Major Jason Wu , commander, San NM and Salt River Bay NHP and Eco - tendent, Cuyahoga Valley NP. Alto Battlefield NHP, to superintendent, Francisco Field Office (SFFO), United logical Preserve, to branch chief for law Padre Island NS. States Park Police (U.S.P.P.), Jan. 11 enforcement and emergency operations, Dr. Lynne Koontz , to economist, after 25 years. Northeast Region. Social Science Program, Natural Re - Larry Turk , from superintendent, Jason joined the U.S.P.P. in 1988 and was assigned to the SFFO as a patrol offi - cer. In 1991, he attended the first DOI- sponsored U.S. Army Ranger School in Fort Benning, Ga. He also served as a Special Event and Tactical Teams member. In 1992, he was assigned to the Narcotics Requiescat in Pace Unit and was selected as one of the first two D.A.R.E. officers for the SFFO. He continued from page 6 ican Political Science Association, during Corps in the late 1940s. After his honor - taught D.A.R.E. for three years at his alma which he served as a legislative assistant able discharge, he began a 34-year career mater, West Portal Elementary School. In Lloyd G. “Oly” Olson , 66, Oct. 20, 1993, he was assigned to the San Fran - unexpectedly, while working on the deck to U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii with the federal government, first work - and helped draft overflight legislation to ing as a fire lookout and firefighter cisco Criminal Investigations Branch as an of his Newport, Oreg., home. investigator. This same year, he served as protect wildlife in the national parks. at Salmon National Forest in Idaho. An Oregon native, Oly attended high the sole interpreter for 200-plus illegal After his NPS retirement, Steve was a Following this, he began his NPS career school and college in Sacramento, Calif., aliens from China who were captured and human resources consultant providing at Yellowstone NP, where he met his fu - and began a career with the NPS after temporarily held at Fort Point NHS. training to federal and state agencies. ture wife, Doris. Following Deane’s serving in the U.S. military during Viet - Jason was promoted to the rank of de - Steve and his wife, Lynda, enjoyed transfer to Everglades NP, the couple nam and completing his studies in park tective in 1996 and continued to work no - traveling the country; visiting national and recreation management, coupled married in 1953. table cases. He was promoted to the rank parks; taking annual treks with friends with a degree in art. His duty stations in - Deane worked for the NPS for 31 years of sergeant in 2000 and was promoted to and family to Hawaii and Monterey, cluded Whiskeytown NRA, Petrified as a park ranger at parks including Blue the rank of lieutenant in 2004. In 2006, Calif.; accompanying their grandson, Ridge Parkway, Olympic NP, Rocky he was promoted to the rank of captain Forest NP, Lake Mead NRA, Grand Zach, to his hockey tournaments in Mountain NP and, finally, Wind Cave NP, and became regional law enforcement spe - Canyon NP and Yosemite NP—all work - Philadelphia and St. Louis; and sailing from where he retired in 1983 as chief of cialist for the Pacific West Region. During ing as either a frontline law enforcement with friends on more than a dozen visitor protection and resource manage - this year, he investigated a third of the officer or district ranger. He retired as cruises. Steve played touch football every ment. After his NPS retirement, Deane entire NPS internal affairs investigations the Intermountain Region safety officer Sunday during the season with the same ran his own consulting firm, which spe - (non-U.S.P.P.) in 2005 after a 36-year NPS career and group for nearly 30 years, played tennis, cialized in controlled burns. Later, he was Jason became SFFO assistant com - settled in the Pacific Northwest. Oly’s skied and enjoyed reading and writing. a bus driver/tour guide with Golden Cir - survivors include his wife, Laura Seager, Steve’s survivors include Lynda, his wife mander in 2007. At this time, he con - cle Tours in Black Hills, S. Dak. also an NPS veteran. of 45 years; daughter, Kris Stern (Jon); ceived and co-developed the Joint Law and grandson, Zach. Memorial contribu - Deane’s survivors include Doris, his Enforcement Plan for SFFO and Golden Stephen Mathew “Steve” Oppermann , tions may be made to the National Park wife of 60 years; three daughters; Gate NRA law enforcement rangers. 66, Dec. 22 at Porter Hospice Residence Foundation at www.nationalparks.org. six grandchildren; and five great-grand - In 2009, Jason was promoted to the with his family by his side. children. Memorial donations may rank of major following six months as Steve retired from the NPS as chief of Deane Morton Shilts , 86, Dec. 29, at be made to the United Methodist acting SFFO commander. He graduated personnel operations in 1997. While with the VA Medical Center Hospice Facility Church in Pringle, S. Dak., and the from the FBI National Academy in the NPS, he won a Congressional Fel - in Hot Springs, S. Dak. Battle Mountain Humane Society 2013. 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