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SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT

2011 Our Mission To interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of southern and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment. October 2011

Dear Museum Friends: I am honored to provide the introduction for the Natural History Museum’s 2010–2011 Annual Report. This year’s report takes a look back through the lens of the 20-year tenure of Michael “Mick” W. Hager, Ph.D., President and CEO. It’s almost impossible to believe that 20 years have passed since a recruitment committee led by Pam Bruder and Bill Kuni set out one more time to fi ll a position that had seen eight directors in just thirteen years. A diffi cult task under the best of circumstances, but even more daunting in light of the economic challenges facing the institution. Mick arrived in 1991 full of enthusiasm (which has never fl agged) and vision for how to transform the Museum. It started with a thorough and painstaking strategic planning process led by the late Robert Smith and fi nished with a vision for the future that refocused the Museum on its core strengths—collections strong in specimens from and Baja California, and the acknowledgment of this region as one of the most unique places on our planet. The vision was rooted in Mick’s core training as a geologist/paleontologist and the defi nition of our region in terms of its geologic boundaries. While some might have thought that this would narrow the Museum’s reach, it has, in fact, done the opposite, as the institution has become the “go-to” place for information about our region. From the big thinking of strategic planning came bold dreams that with Mick’s indefatigable energy became the action plan of the next 18 years. Researchers with expertise and a desire to explore and understand the Museum’s area of focus were recruited and the Biodiversity Research Center of the (BRCC) was born. Education staff working under the umbrella of the Environmental Science Education Center (ESEC) began translating that research into learning for our community and developed new programs. A robust schedule of traveling exhibitions was secured, scheduled for several years in advance. Most visibly, a capital campaign to transform a dark, dusty Depression- era building with no heat or hot water into a 150,000-square-foot stunning landmark was completed. And somehow Mick also found time to spearhead the Museum’s signature fi lm, Ocean Oasis, which not only won numerous awards, but also created a tidal wave of environmental protection legislation for the Sea of Cortés. Mick often refers to himself as the “Chief Fossil” and it is in recognition of his extraordinary efforts and energy that we dedicate the 2010–2011 Annual Report. I know you will join me in honoring the Museum’s accomplishments of not only this past year, but for all 20 years of the “Chief Fossil.” Sincerely,

Stephen J. Cohen Chair, Board of Directors

3 Staff Refl ections

Tom Deméré, Ph.D. Evelyn Jackson Phil Unitt Tom Deméré, began working at the My fi rst day working at the Museum 19 When newly appointed CEO Mick Museum in 1979. When Mick Hager years ago, Dr. Hager came to say hello. Hager fi rst gathered the scientists and No was hired in 1991, Tom had already He was friendly and I felt welcomed research staff together in 1991, Phil seen fi ve executive directors and interim and proud to work in a place where Unitt, now Curator for the and directors come and go. At the time, once, as a child, I was lucky enough to Department, recalls that the Museum was in very dire fi nancial come with a class. I’ll never forget the Mick emphasized TWO words: Think Guts, straits and staff morale was at an all- joy of what I saw that day. I feel lucky Entrepreneurially. time low. So it was not surprising that to have begun working here right at staff wondered if this new director the start of what was to come and to This was a challenge the research units would be any different than the last see this man’s success really take off all took up, with examples ranging few. From his fi rst day on the job, in shaping what the Museum is today. from expansion of related business No however, Mick established himself as Meetings, visions, strategic planning, ventures (PaleoServices), to book a visionary and a hard working and capital campaigns—well, I heard things authorship and publication, to an capable leader, with a dash of pied and I had no idea what they meant or increased emphasis on mission-related piper thrown in for good measure. His what was to come. fundable research. collaborative approach to leadership Glory Phil noted that it took fi ve years for was clearly evident when instead of Dr. Hager always promotes the singing a tired old refrain fi lled with importance of all the museums in a revitalized Research Department to fi rst person singular pronouns like Balboa Park, not just ours. He is a man gain its due recognition, when it was I, me, and my, Mick instinctively who stands tall in his beliefs and makes renamed the Biodiversity Research It is November 1991. The LA Times headline reads “A Dinosaur’s White Knight: employed we, us, and our. Although the strong allies willing to help bring forth Center of the Californias. At that fi rst few years were not easy ones, staff the visions that have brought us here point, in 1996, Phil and the rest of Can Mick Hager Save the San Diego Natural History Museum from Years of Malaise?” members, volunteers, board members, today. In a very gentle fashion (for the the scientists on staff knew there and invited community leaders worked most part!) he has faced Balboa Park was a commitment to continuing the This headline appeared four months building renovated in 2001, expanding others may see obstacles, and inspires together under Mick’s leadership to problems with strong convictions. In Museum’s research mission. after Mick started at the Museum in from 65,000 to 150,000 square feet. the same within his employees. Our fi rst develop a 10-year strategic plan, spite of the problems that keep coming That same year, on Memorial Weekend, July 1991, and the picture painted We were recently awarded $6.9 million very own “white knight” celebrates his and then to put that plan into action to our way, his humble thanks and praise th Phil conceived the idea for the San in the article was dire indeed. in a statewide grant competition to 20 year at the helm of the Museum bring the Museum back from the brink. always goes to the people that believe Diego County Atlas. When Investigations had shown the Museum create a new environmental education in 2011. “No guts, no glory,” goes the in the true mission of this wonderful Tom remembers both the small and Phil brought up his idea for an Atlas to be over $300,000 in debt. Mick exhibition. Our research staff, bringing saying. In Mick’s case, having the guts Museum. Only once have I seen him large mileposts accomplished under project to Mick, he was pleased by was the ninth director in 13 years, in over $1.5 million in contract monies to take over a museum which appeared look hurt and not because he had failed that fi rst 10-year plan—a return to the Mick’s enthusiasm and offi cial backing. as one leader after another came and annually, are recognized as experts on headed precipitously downhill, has us, but because it was the beginning of Museum’s traditional focus on regional The Bird Atlas’s publication in 2001 departed, leaving a string of ever- local plants, , and fossils. We resulted in glory which we are delighted the recession that we are still facing. natural history and initiation of a was a milestone for the Museum’s growing problems behind them. Mick, have consistently produced outstanding to see duly refl ected back upon him, in His sadness was in having to tell staff regular traveling exhibition schedule. Department of Birds and Mammals as undaunted by the challenge, resolved to exhibitions, such as the award-winning this special edition of our 2010–2011 the news of what was to come. It hurt With completion of most of the major well as for Unitt personally. make a difference. Fossil Mysteries and All that Glitters. Annual Report. Mick, your staff at to see him after working so hard and goals of the fi rst 10-year strategic And our education programs have the Museum warmly salutes you. You after taking us to such heights, that he Fast forward 20 years to 2011. Today plan, Mick and company began Mick’s personal support provided a expanded ever farther, reaching children have inspired us all, personally and had to face the reality of another down- we stand far bigger, bolder, and looking ahead to the next 10 years, not framework for research from Phil’s and teachers in both San Diego and collectively, to “do you proud!” We are turn in the economy. I saw him carrying prouder, a solid institution with a clear imagining the unprecedented national earliest days at the Museum. The Bird Baja California, to foster environmental so thankful that you rode to the rescue such a burden he did not deserve mission centered on southern California and global events and challenges that Atlas has proven itself invaluable, education and a love of nature. in 1991 and can close out your career but being the devoted man he is, he and Baja California. We have more decade would bring. particularly in comparisons of here, knowing that you have, indeed, promised that we will make it. than doubled in physical size, with a None of this would be possible without made a remarkable difference. habitat which changed after the San Mick’s special brand of leadership. Tom Deméré, Ph.D. Diego County wildfi res of 2003 and Here goes my MICK to all, to me it He is the visionary who looks into Curator of Paleontology 2007. It is in use by an economics is: M- for the Miracles, I- Intelligence, the future and sees possibilities where (Museum employee for 32 years) class at UCSD, and is one more C- Caring and dedication to the project demonstrating Mick’s advice: missions, and K-Knows what must be Think Entrepreneurially! accomplished; all promises Kept. Philip Unitt Happy 20th Dr. Hager! Curator of Birds and Mammals Your fan, Evie (Museum employee for 23 years)

Evelyn Jackson Receptionist, Membership (Museum employee for 20 years)

4 5 Biodiversity Research Center Paleontology of the Californias

The Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias (BRCC) The paleontology collection of the San Diego Society Collection growth and use slowed to a halt in the 1940s is the research division of the Museum, including the Birds of Natural History (SDSNH) houses fossil vertebrates, and 1950s. During World War II the Museum’s building and Mammals, Botany, Entomology, , Marine invertebrates, and plants collected primarily from Mesozoic was converted into a hospital for the U.S. Navy and all of Invertebrates, Mineralogy, and Paleontology Departments, as (251 to 65 million years ago) through Cenozoic (65 to .01 the collections were packed away in storage. The collections well as the Research Library. BRCC curators and scientists million years ago) sites in Peninsular California (southern remained in storage into the late 1950s and the paleontology actively pursue their own research projects, which range California, USA and Baja California, ). Important department did not become active again until 1964 when Dr. from studying the distribution and abundance of vertebrates collections of Paleozoic (542 to 251 million years ago) Edward Wilson was hired as Curator of Paleontology. When of the San Jacinto Mountains to the fl oristics of both states invertebrates from the eastern United States are also part of Dr. Wilson left in 1967, administration of the department of Baja California. Our scientifi c staff members also serve the department’s holdings. The traditional strengths of the was turned over to Arnold Ross, an expert on barnacle as expert advisors to support the scientifi c accuracy of our collection were in Californian Cenozoic marine invertebrates, systematics, who haphazardly acquired invertebrate fossil exhibitions, as well as our educational programs. primarily mollusks. In recent years, the collection has become collections from sites all over the western United States. more balanced with the active acquisition of vertebrate Each curator is entrusted with caring for a collection of fossils. Especially important are the collections of marine With the arrival of Dr. Frederick Schram in 1978 as Curator irreplaceable specimens, which total approximately 9.4 vertebrates including one of the largest and most diverse and a year later Dr. Thomas Deméré as Collections Manager, million in number, some of which were found during the assemblages of (5.3 to 2.5 million years ago) marine the Department of Paleontology began a period of more earliest years of the Museum. The collections represent mammals (cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians) in North focused collection growth and curation. A National Science a rich and vital source for investigations in many of the America. Also signifi cant are collections of Eocene (56 to 34 Foundation (NSF) collection support grant in 1983 provided fundamental arenas of modern biological sciences, such as million years ago) and Oligocene (34 to 23 million years ago) funds for a comprehensive inventory and reorganization climate change, evolution, biodiversity, and ecology. land fossils from southern California localities. of the invertebrate fossil portion of the collection. Schram left in 1991 and Deméré assumed responsibility for the Over 120 years, growth of the paleontology collection department. Since 1980, the paleontology collection has has refl ected the strengths and interests of the different researchers associated with the institution. The fi rst fossil collectors to become affi liated with the Museum were Anthony Wayne Vogdes, who became SDSNH president in Under Deméré’s direction 1906, and Frank Stephens, who eventually became the fi rst director of the San Diego Natural History Museum. The the vertebrate-fossil portion paleontology collections grew at a steady pace during this period. , Frank’s wife and an accomplished of the collection has naturalist in her own right, served as the fi rst curator of the Department of Conchology and devoted herself to the increased dramatically. systematic organization and cataloguing of the Museum’s fossil marine and modern invertebrates collection. In later years this was split to form the Departments of Paleontology grown by over 96,000 lots (a species lot can vary and Marine Invertebrates, respectively. from a single specimen to large suites of specimens; the mean species lot size is about 10 specimens) and under Jon Rebman, Ph.D., Curator of Botany U. S. Grant IV, a paleontologist and geologist who went Deméré’s direction the vertebrate-fossil portion of the on to teach at the University of California, Los Angeles, collection has increased dramatically to now contain was affi liated with the Museum from 1926 into the 1940s. internationally signifi cant collections of marine-mammal The collections which formed the basis for his 1,036-page fossils. This tremendous growth in collection size is the result BRCC staff members work collaboratively with scientists monograph on the marine Pliocene-Pleistocene mollusks of increased staffi ng, active research programs, and the role at universities in San Diego, across the U.S., and in Mexico, of California (SDSNH Memoir 1) were deposited in the the Museum serves as regional repository for environmental and are involved in studies that are informing critical local as paleontology collections. During Grant’s active years with mitigation projects. well as binational decisions about endangered or threatened the Museum, numerous and signifi cant fossil collections species, land use, and conservation. This is the tradition that were added. Today, the Museum’s paleontology collection houses over started with the forming of the San Diego Society of Natural 118,000 catalogued species lots representing over 1.2 million History in 1874, and is still being carried out 137 years later. During the 1920s and 1930s, Charles H. Sternberg, a fossil individual fossil specimens. The paleontology collection is collector of national and international reputation, had an divided between fossil invertebrates (~57,000 species lots offi ce at the Museum and made extensive collections of and 1.03 million specimens), fossil vertebrates (~59,000 fossils from both the coastal and desert areas of San Diego species lots and 151,000 specimens), and fossil plants County. During this period, Sternberg also sold a large (~2,600 species lots and 6,100 specimens). These fossils were collection of Mesozoic vertebrate fossils from New Mexico; recovered from over 4,600 individual collecting sites, the Kansas; and Alberta, Canada to the Museum that included majority of which are located in Peninsular California. dinosaur skeletons, as well as the large mosasaur and wolf Tom Deméré, Ph.D., Curator of Paleontology herring skeletons still on display in the Museum today.

6 7 early works such as Hortus Sanitatis, an herbal from 1517. Research Library Although many of the objects are too fragile to display and would undergo degradation due to light damage, we will employ a large virtual “coffee table” multi-touch display, BRCC which will allow visitors to manipulate virtual objects and BY THE NUMBERS images using hand gestures. The idea is to replicate the look and feel of a coffee table where visitors can leaf through Number of dollars in grants received rare books, hand-written fi eld logs, works of art, and fragile $240,659 The Research Library has a distinguished history, going maps. The goal is to share with the public at large the Thomas Sefton families, Joshua Baily, Chapman Grant, and Number of dollars in contracts received back to the earliest days of the San Diego Society of Natural remarkable objects in the library’s rare book room, all while more recently Kenneth Hill and James Clements. $1,718,758 History, when naturalists including Daniel Cleveland preserving the original objects intact. and Charles Orcutt realized that they needed a library After extensive remodeling during the construction of The theme of this exhibition refl ects the critical role played Number of high school, undergraduate or graduate of reference works to learn more about local plants and the 2001 building addition, the rare book room now has students, and volunteers/interns trained animals. From the beginning, in addition to a president by early amateur naturalists, including Charles Darwin, J. J. proper temperature and humidity controls, to best preserve Audubon, and Daniel Cleveland, in early investigations of 33 and treasurer, the Society had an offi cer who was named the precious collections of art works on paper, archival librarian; the fi rst librarian was elected in 1874. Because of biology. The portrayal of these early pioneer naturalists will Number of new specimens added to collections documents, photo images, and antiquarian books. Work be linked to a current resurgence of interest in contributions our long continuous operation, we house several journals began this year on digitizing important segments of the of amateur naturalists, based largely on the use of computers Birds whose issues go back to Volume 1, Issue 1; these journals are library, including approximately 100 of our oldest and most and technology which has greatly increased participation in 440 still consulted by our scientists, who in some cases need the fragile maps, dating to the late 1700s; photographs from fi rst-published descriptions of species. science on the part of today’s ordinary citizens. At the local expeditions of Museum scientists into Baja California during level, the exhibition will focus on the accomplishments of Mammals the 1920s and 1930s; and the collecting diaries of L.M. Over the years the collection waxed and waned; in 1908 citizen science projects, such as the San Diego County Bird 80 Klauber from 1923 to 1967. Atlas and the San Diego County Plant Atlas project. Through the San Diego Scientifi c Library was established, comprised Botany interactive elements and the use of social media, the website of the Vogdes library of geology and paleontology, the 7,994 archaeology library, the medical library, and several other will extend the visitor experience and allow people who collections. In 1922, Willard Whitney donated funds to open Our goal is to share with are unable to actually see the exhibition to participate in Paleontology the natural history library to the public in the California “curating” their own virtual collections, as well. 2,500 new species lots Building, now called the Museum of Man. In 1935 the the public at large the collection was moved to our current location. During World This exciting project is in the fund-raising stage, and we have Entomology War II, when the Navy took over the building, the library remarkable objects in the already selected an architect who is developing plans for the 20,093 was moved to the San Diego State campus for storage. After renovation. Because the exhibition will depend on a rotating the war, the collections were split and the natural history library’s rare book room, all suite of display elements, the library will play a pivotal role Herpetology collection stayed within our present building while the other in selection of items for use in the exhibition. 453 books went to appropriate institutions. while preserving the original Total number of specimens After the estate settlement of in objects intact. 9,400,000 1933, over 1,000 original watercolors by A.R. Valentien painted from 1908 to 1918 were donated to the library. This collection of native California plant illustrations is unique in its scope and aesthetic value, and serves as documentation of Current plans for the Reading Room of the Research Library, the early botanical diversity of California. which will make use of many of these digitized items, include conversion to a space for a special exhibition, as well as In 1939, O. M. Oleson of Fort Dodge, Iowa donated our accommodation for research needs of visitors and staff. copy of J.J. Audubon’s Double Elephant Folio Birds of America, one of fewer than 50 copies believed to still be in Plans are underway to revamp approximately 1,500 square existence today. feet of the library, with double mezzanines and an elevator and spiral staircase leading to the upper story. Within this Mildred Meeder was hired as the library’s fi rst professional space, an exhibition with the working title Extraordinary librarian in 1947; she organized the previously uncatalogued Ideas from Ordinary People: A History of Citizen Science collection according to the Library of Congress system. will be displayed. Meeder not only worked at the library for over 30 years, both as a staff member and as a volunteer, but also endowed This exhibition will feature treasures from the library, such the library after her death. Our library is named the Mildred as the Audubon Double Elephant Folio, many hand-colored H. Meeder Research Library in her honor. illustrations from volumes such as Historia Naturalis Ranorum (1758), Plantarum Historia Succulentarum In 1969, the Klauber library of herpetology was donated (1799), and Historiae Aegyptii Naturalis (1735), and very to the Museum, including 1500 volumes and manuscripts, rare books, collecting notes, diaries, and memorabilia of Laurence M. Klauber, world-renowned herpetologist, rattlesnake expert, and bibliophile. Included in this valuable collection are the oldest volumes in the library, dating to the early 16th century. Over the years, many other generous individuals have made Research Library donations, including U. S. Grant IV, the J. W. Sefton and

8 9 Awards and Recognition Scientifi c Publications 2010–2011

Angulo-Gastélum, U.T., Castillo-Guerrero, J.A. and Clark, K.B. 2011. Fragmentation effects on Gilligan, T. M., Epstein, M. E., Passoa, S. C., Mellink, E. 2011. Breeding ecology of the royal tern vegetation and resulting vertebrate species Powell, J. A. and Brown, J. W. 2011. Discovery (Thalasseus maximus) at Isla El Rancho, Mexico: distributions in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of the of Lobesiabotrana (Denis and Schiffermuller) in Colony size and nest location affect predation. Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 42(2): 84–91. California: an invasive species new to North America OrnitologíaNeotropical 22:131–142. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Castillo-Guerrero, J.A., Guevara-Medina, M.A., and Entomological Society of Washington 113: 14–30. Archibald, J. D. 2011. Gould’s real contribution. Mellink, E. 2011. Breeding ecology of Red-billed Skeptic 16:12. Tropic bird (Phaethon aethereus) under contrasting Goldberg, S., Mahrdt, C., and Beaman, K. 2010. environmental conditions in the Gulf of California. Reproduction in Cope’s Leopard Lizard, Gambelia Archibald, J. D., Zhang, Y., Harper, T., and Cifelli, Ardea 99:61–71. copeii (:Crotaphytidae). Bull. Southern R. L. 2011. Protungulatum, confi rmed California Acad. Sci. 109:15–17. occurrence of an otherwise Paleocene eutherian Castillo-Guerrero, J.A. and Mellink, E. 2011. (placental?) mammal. Journal of Mammalian Occasional inter-sex differences in diet and foraging Goldberg, S. and Mahrdt, C. 2010. Reproduction in Evolution Online First, 5 May 2011. behavior of Blue-footed Booby: Maximizing chick the Baja California Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus rearing in a variable environment? Journal of vestigium (Squamata:Crotaphytidae). Bull. Southern Archibald, J. D. 2011. Extinction and Radiation: Ornithology 152:269–277. California Acad. Sci. 109:153–156. How the Fall of the Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of The Mammals. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Chester, S. G. B., Sargis, E. J., Szalay, F. S., González-Abraham, C., Ezcurra, E., et al. 2010. Press, 120pp. Archibald, J. D., and Averianov, A. O. 2010. Ecorregiones de la península de Baja California: Mammalian distal humeri from the Late Cretaceous unasíntesis. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de Archibald, J. D. et al. 2010. Cretaceous extinctions: of Uzbekistan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. México 87: 69–82. Multiple causes. Science 328:973. 55:199–211. Graham, M.R. 2011. Book Review—Scorpions of the Averianov, A. O., Archibald, J. D., and Ekdale, Contreras-Gil, J., Mellink, E., Alcalá-Álvarez, M. World. Journal of Arachnology, 39:166–167. E. G. 2010. New material of the Late Cretaceous C., Martínez-Gallardo, R. y Camarena-Ojinaga, deltatheroidan mammal Sulestes and a phylogenetic M.L. 2010. Estado de la cacería deportiva como una Graham, M. R. and Bryson, R.W. 2010. Vaejovis reassessment of the metatherian-eutherian dichotomy. alternativa económica de diversifi cación productiva montanus (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), a new species Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8:301–330. para el municipio de Ensenada, Baja California. from the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Journal Investigación ambiental: ciencia y política pública of Arachnology, 38:285–293. Baldo L, de Queiroz, A, Hedin, M., Hayashi, C., and 2:65–74. Gatesy, J. 2011. Nuclear-mitochondrial sequences Grismer, L. L. and Onn, C. K. 2010. Another new as witnesses of past interbreeding and population Crother, B.I., White, M.E., Savage, J.M., Eckstut, Rock Gecko (genus Cnemaspis Strauch 1887) from diversity in the jumping bristletail Mesomachilis. M.E., Graham, M.R. & Gardner, D.W. 2011. Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28, 195–210. A reevaluation of the status of the fox Zootaxa 2419: 51–62. Pantherophis gloydi Conant and P. vulpinus Baird and Benet-Pierce, N. and Simpson, M. G. Girard (Lepidosauria), ISRN Zoology, 2011:1–15. Grismer, L. L., et al. 2010. Another new diminutive 2010. Chenopodium littoreum (Chenopodiaceae): a Rock Gecko (Cnemaspsis Strauch) from Peninsular new goosefoot from dunes of south-central coastal Derkarabetian, S., Steinmann, D.B. and Hedin, M. Malaysia and a discussion of resource partitioning in Bradford Hollingsworth, Ph.D. PROBEA Jon Rebman, Ph.D. California. Madroño 57: 64–72. 2010. Repeated and time-correlated morphological sympatric species pairs. Zootaxa 2569: 55–66. convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen For the past decade Curator of In July 2011, the PROBEA team and Dr. Jon Rebman, Mary & Dallas Bisconti, M. 2010. Cenozoic environmental changes (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North Grismer, L. L. et al. 2010. A revision and Clark Curator of Botany, received two and evolution of baleen whales. In Murray C.A. America. PLOS One 5 (5), e10388. redescription of the rock gecko Cnemaspis siamensis Herpetology, Dr. Brad Hollingsworth, their Mexico partner of 20 years, (ed.), Whales and : behavior, biology and (Taylor 1925) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from has taught a number of zoology courses Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion prestigious awards. The San Diego distribution. New York: Nova Publishing. Pp. 1–46. Ekdale, E., Berta, A. and Deméré, T. 2010. Peninsular Thailand with descriptions of seven new for the Department of Biology at San Ambiental, received signifi cant public Horticultural Society recognized Phylogenetic implications of the petrotympanic species. Zootaxa 2576: 1–55. Diego State University (SDSU). This recognition as one of four winners Rebman as Horticulturist of the Year Bisconti, M. 2010. A new balaenopterid whale from complex of baleen whales (: Mysticeti). the Late of the Stirone River, northern Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts with Grismer, L. L. et al. 2010. A new spiny, prehensile- year, the faculty awarded him the 2011 of a fi rst-time U.S./Mexico Cross- for his work to date for the Plant Atlas. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Programs 30:85A tailed species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Outstanding Lecturer Award for his Border Cooperation and Innovation Rebman’s work also earned him a Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(3), 943–958. Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia with a years of service. In the last ten years, Award given by the prestigious Border national award from the Cactus and Ekdale, E. G., Berta, A. and Deméré, T. 2011. The preliminary hypothesis of relationships based on Succulent Society of America, where Bisconti, M. 2010. Open access culture. Aurora—The comparative osteology of the petrotympanic complex morphology. Zootaxa 2625: 40–52. Hollingsworth has taught over 2,000 Research Partnership composed of world wide interactive journal, 1(1), 156–157. http:// of extant baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti). SDSU undergraduates the principles the Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico he is now a CSSA Fellow, one of the www.auroratag.com PLoS ONE 6(6):e21311, doi: 10.1371/journal. Grismer, L. L. 2010. and of of evolution and the diversity of Institute, the North American Center two highest honors the Society can pone.0021311.g032. the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsular Malaysia)—A life. In addition, he also serves for Transborder Studies at Arizona confer. This award is based on (1) Bittner, D., Meador, C., Schlotfeldt, B., Rivard, Field Guide. Edition Chimaira. R., and Lincer, J.L. 2011. Golden Eagle Status in Fautin, D., Vroom, P. S., et al. (2010) An overview of as an advisor to the Natural History State University and El Colegio de la exceptional achievement in scholarship Selected Areas of the West. Presented at the 2011 marine biodiversity in United States waters. Plos One Grismer. L. L. 2011. Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Club at SDSU, which includes many Fonterra Norte. about succulent plants or (2) substantial Western Raptor Symposium, J.L. Lincer and J.D. 5: e11914. doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0011914 Singapore and the Adjacent Archipelagos. Edition students who work and volunteer for achievement in scholarship about Bittner, Co-chairs. Riverside Convention Center, Chimaira. Riverside, CA. Felger, R.S. and Kindscher, K. 2010. Trees of the the Museum. Hollingsworth says, succulent plants in combination with Gila Forest Region, New Mexico. In W. Norris, Hargrove, L. and Rotenberry, J. T. 2011. Breeding “Teaching at the university gives me a substantial service to the Cactus and Bittner, J. D., Meador, C., Schlotfeldt, B., Rivard, R. Felger, and K. Kindscher, eds, Proceedings of the success at the range margin of a desert species: chance to share my excitement about Succulent Society of America. More than and Lincer, J. L. 2011. Golden Eagle Movements in Second Natural History of the Gila Symposium, Implications for a climate induced elevational shift. 135 Fellows from 20 different countries Western North America. Presented at the 2011 Western October 16–18, 2008, Silver City, New Mexico. Oikos, doi: 10.1111/j.1600–0706.2011.19284.x. the natural history of animals and open Raptor Symposium, J.L. Lincer and J.D. Bittner, Co- Pp. 38–66. New Mexico Botanist, Special Issue 2, up opportunities for students to pursue have been announced since 1940. chairs. Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, CA. October 1, 2010. http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/ Hargrove, L. and Rotenberry, J. T. 2011. Spatial their interests in the biological sciences rangescienceherbarium/the-new-mexico-botanist-. structure and dynamics of breeding bird populations here at the Museum.” Brown, J. W., Segura, R., Santiago-Jimenez, Q., html at distribution margin, southern California. Rota, J. and Heard, T. A. 2011. Tortricid moths Journal of Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/j. 1365 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) reared from the invasive Garcillán, P.P., and Ezcurra, E. 2011. Sampling 2699.2011.02525.x. weed Mexican paloverde, Parkinsonia aculeata, procedures and species estimation: testing the with comments on their host specifi city, biology, effectiveness of herbarium data against vegetation Hargrove, L. 2011. Book Review: Effects of Climate geographic distribution, and systematics. Journal of sampling in an oceanic island. Journal of Vegetation Change on Birds. Western Birds 42(1): 54–55. Insect Science 11 (article 7): 1–17. Science 22: 273–280. Hargrove, L. 2010. Black-chinned Sparrow: Notes Cain, J.W., III, Jansen, B. D., Felger, R.S. & P.R. Garcillán P.P., González-Abraham, C.E. and Ezcurra, on breeding behavior and nesting ecology in San Di- Krausman. 2010. Scallop leaf sage (Salvia vaseyi, E. 2010. The cartographers of life: Two centuries ego County, California. Western Birds 41(1): 62–67. 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10 11 Hedin, M. and Carlson, D. 2011. A new trapdoor Patten, M.A. 2010. Evolution and historical Simpson, M. G. 2010. Plant Systematics, 2nd edition. spider species from the southern Coast Ranges biogeography of a Song Sparrow ring in western Elsevier-Academic Press. 752 pp. Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias 2010–2011 Associates of California (Mygalomorphae, Antrodiaetidae, North America. In Pontarotti P., ed. Evolutionary Aliatypus coylei, nov sp), including consideration of Biology—Concepts, Molecular and Morphological Simpson, M. G., Silveira, M., and Guilliams, mitochondrial phylogeographic structuring. Zootaxa Evolution. Springer, Berlin. Pp. 329–342. C. M. 2010. of Calyptridium 2963, 55–68. parryi (Montiaceae). Madroño 57: 154–160. Patten, M.A. and Kelly, J.F. 2010. Habitat selection Ms. Susan Arter Ms. Margaret Mulligan Mr. Clark Mahrdt Hedin, M, Derkarabetian, S., McCormack, M., and the perceptual trap. Ecological Applications Smith-Patten, B.D. and Patten, M.A. 2010. Broken Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Departmental Associate Herpetology Departmental Associate Richart, C., Shultz, J. W. 2010. The phylogenetic 20:2148–2156. antehumeral stripes in a male Enallagma civile utility of the nuclear protein-coding gene EF-1a (Familiar Bluet). Argia 22(3):20–21. for resolving recent divergences in Opiliones, Patten, M.A. 2011. Olivaceous Woodcreeper Dr. James E. Diffendorfer Dr. Ken Bowles Mr. Richard Schwenkmeyer emphasizing intron evolution. Journal of (Sittasomus griseicapillus). In Schulenberg T.S., Snowman, C. V., Zigler, K. S., Hedin, M. 2010. Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Departmental Associate Herpetology Departmental Associate Arachnology 38, 9–20. ed., Neotropical Birds Online, Cornell Lab of Caves as Islands: Mitochondrial phylogeography Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y. of the cave-obligate spider species Nesticus barri Dr. Jeffrey L. Lincer Mr. Jim Rocks Mr. Angelo Soto-Centeno Hedin, M. and Thomas, S. 2010. Molecular (Araneae: Nesticidae). Journal of Arachnology 38, Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Departmental Associate Herpetology Departmental Associate systematics of eastern North American Patten, M.A., and Smith-Patten, B.D. 2011. “As 49–56. Phalangodidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores), if” philosophy—Conservation biology’s real hope. demonstrating convergent morphological evolution BioScience 61:425–426. Spencer, W., Rustigian-Romsos, H., Strittholt, J., Dr. Eric Mellink Ms. Annette Winner Mr. Dustin Wood in caves. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54, Scheller, R., Zielinski, W., and Truex, R. 2010. Using Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Departmental Associate Herpetology Departmental Associate 107–121. Patten , M.A., Gómez de Silva, H., Ibarra, A.C., occupancy and population models to assess habitat Smith-Patten, B.D. 2011. An annotated list of the conservation opportunities for an isolated carnivore Dr. Michael A. Patten Mr. Warren Scmidtmann Ms. Carol Barsi Hoddle, M. and Brown, J. W. 2011. Lepidoptera avifauna of Palenque, Chiapas. Revista Mexicana de population. Biological Conservation 144:788–803. Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Field Associate Librarian Emeritus associated with avocado fruit in Guatemala. Florida Biodiversidad 82:515–537. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.027. Entomologist 93: 649–650. Peters, E.M., Martorell, C., and Ezcurra, E. 2011. Syphard, A.D., Scheller, R.M., Ward, B.C., Spencer, Dr. Matt Rahn Mr. Larry Hendrickson Dr. Reed Pierce López-Medellín, X., Ezcurra, E., et al. 2011. The effects of serotiny and rainfall-cued dispersal W. and Strittholt, J.R. 2011. Simulating landscape- Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Field Associate Library Departmental Associate Oceanographic anomalies and sea-level rise drive on � tness: Bet-hedging in the threatened cactus scale effects of fuels treatments in the Sierra Nevada, mangroves inland in the Paci� c coast of Mexico. Mammillaria pectinifera. Population Ecology 53(2): California, USA. International Journal of Wildland Dr. Amadeo M. Rea Ms. Victoria Marshall Dr. Joel Martin Journal of Vegetation Science 22 (1): 143–151. 383–392. Fire 20:364–383. Birds and Mammals Research Associate Botany Field Associate Marine Invertebrates Research Associate López-Medellín, X., Castillo, A., and Ezcurra, E. Powell, C.L., II, and Stadum, C.J. 2010. Unique middle Tribollet, A. D., Schils, T., Vroom, P.S. 2010. Spatial- 2011. Contrasting perspectives on mangroves in arid Miocene limestone deposits assigned to the “Topanga” temporal variability in macroalgal assemblages of Dr. Wayne D. Spencer Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra Mrs. Carole M. Hertz Northwestern Mexico: Implications for integrated Formation in southern Orange County, California: American Samoa. Phycologia 49:574–591. Birds and Mammals Research Associate BRCC Research Associate Marine Invertebrates Departmental Associate coastal management. Ocean & Coastal Management Its molluscan fauna and geology [abs.]: Program and 54: 318–329. abstracts for the joint 76th American Malacological Tsuda, R. T., Abbott, I. A., Vroom, P. S., Fisher, Mr. Aaron Sasson Dr. Paisley Cato Mr. Larry Lovell Society and 43rd Western Society of Malacologists J. R. (2010) Marine benthic algae from Johnston Collections Care Research Associate Martin, J., Deméré, T. and Berta, A. 2010. A new annual meeting, June 26–30, 2010, Pp. 77–78. Atoll: new species records, spatial distribution, and Birds and Mammals Research Associate Marine Invertebrates Departmental Associate fossil balaenopterid (Cetacea, Mysticeti) from the taxonomic af� nities with neighboring islands. Paci� c Late Pliocene San Diego Formation, California, Quah, E., Grismer, L.L., et al. 2011. Re-discovery Science 64:581–601. Mr. Christopher Swarth Dr. John Brown Mrs. Barbara W. Myers USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts and Re-description of Ansonia penangensis Birds and Mammals Research Associate Entomology Research Associate Marine Invertebrates Departmental Associate with Programs 30:130A (Deméré and Berta names Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bu� nidae) from Penang Van Devender, T.R., Felger, R.S., et al. 2010. were inadvertently left out of the published abstract). Island, Malaysia. Zootaxa 2807:57–64. Biodiversidad de plantas vasculares. Paginas Dr. Marilyn Fogel Mr. David K. Faulkner Ms. Pamela Bruder 229–262 en F. Molina-Freanar & T.R. Van Devender, Martínez-Yrízar, A., Felger, R.S. and Búrquez, Riojas-López, M.E., Mellink, E., et al. 2011. eds, Diversidad Biologícadel Estado de Sonora. Birds and Mammals Research Associate Entomology Research Associate Mineralogy Departmental Associate A. 2010. Los ecosistemas terrestres de Sonora: un Landscape partitioning by nocturnal rodent Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México diverso capital natural. En F. Molina-Freanar and assemblages in the Llanos de Ojuelos in Mexico’s D.F. Dr. Howard Thomas Dr. Marshal C. Hedin Dr. J. David Archibald T.R. Van Devender, eds, Diversidad Biologícadel Central High Plateau. Diversity and Distributions Birds and Mammals Research Associate Entomology Research Associate Paleontology Research Associate Estado de Sonora. Pp. 129–156. Universidad 17:739–747. Vroom, P. S. 2011. “Coral Dominance”: a dangerous Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. ecosystem misnomer? Journal of Marine Biology Ms. Suzanne Bond Dr. Tomas M. Mustelin Dr. Annalisa Berta Wilkerson, Lincer, J., et al. 2011. An overview of the 2011: 164127. doi: 10.1155/2011/164127 Mellink, E. 2010. Depredación de aves marinas status of Burrowing Owls in California and several Birds and Mammals Departmental Associate Entomology Research Associate Paleontology Research Associate nocturnas en islotes de Isla Guadalupe, México. other western states. Presented at the 2011 Western Wilder, B.T. and Felger, R.S. 2010. Dwarf giants, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81:505–509. Raptor Symposium, J.L. Lincer and J.D. Bittner, Co- guano, and isolation: Vegetation and � oristic Ms. Samantha Marcum Mr. Geoffrey Morse Dr. Michelangelo Bisconti chairs. Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, CA. diversity of Isla San Pedro Mártir, Gulf of California, Birds and Mammals Departmental Associate Entomology Research Associate Paleontology Research Associate Mihlbachler, M. and Deméré, T. 2010. Phylogenetic Mexico. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of status of Metarhinus pater (Brontotheriidae: Sammartino F., Bisconti M. 2010. Indagine arche- Natural History 42:1–24. http://www.sdnhm.org/ Mr. Kevin Clark Mr. Matthew Graham Dr. Robert M. Chandler Perissodactyla) from southern California and species ozoologica su impronte di mammiferi nei laterizi research/publications/Proceedings42-FINAL.pdf variation in Metarhinus from the Middle Eocene of romani di Casa Campacci, Livorno. Pp. 17–23 in Birds and Mammals Departmental Associate Entomology Departmental Associate Paleontology Research Associate North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Lenzi A., Leoni L., Baldacci C., Brizzi B., De Santi Tartarnic, N. J., Wall, M., and Cassis, G. 2011. A 30:1229–1244. C., Domenici V., et al. (eds.), Codice Armonico 2010 systematic revision of the Australian plolarioline Dr. José Delgadillo Rodriguez Mr. Ron McPeak Dr. Paul C. Murphey – Terzo congresso di scienze naturali Ambiente to- thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Botany Research Associate Entomology Departmental Associate Paleontology Research Associate Molina, K. C., Erwin, R. M., Palacios, E., Mellink, scano. Edizioni ETS, Pisa, 310 pp. Emesinae). Zootaxa 2762:1–30. E., and Seto, N.W. 2010. Status review and conservation recommendations for the Gull-billed Sasson, A. 2011. Faunal Remains from SDI-4538 and Wall, M. and Cassi, G. 2011. Systematics and Dr. Peter Vroom Ms. Daniela E. Ramirez C. Dr. Donald R. Prothero Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) in North America. SDI-13325, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, phylogeny of the hatchet head plant bug genus Botany Research Associate Entomology Departmental Associate Paleontology Research Associate U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife San Diego, CA, edited by M. S. Becker, pp. 1–25. Myrmecoroides Gross (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Service, Biological Technical Publication, FWS/ ASM Af� liates, Carlsbad, CA. Orthotylinae). Entomologica Americana (116)3&4: Dr. Richard S. Felger Mr. Michael Klein Dr. Hugh M. Wagner BTP-R1013-2010, Washington, D.C. 29–49. Botany Research Associate Entomology Departmental Associate Paleontology Research Associate Sasson, A. 2011. Faunal Remains from the Carrillo Neang, T., Grismer, L. L., et al. 2011. A new species Ranch House and Warner’s Trading Post, edited by S. Wilson, A.G., Arcese, P., Chan, Y.L.,and Patten, of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Phnom R. Van Wormer, Pp. 1–41. Walter Enterprises, Chula M.A. 2011. Micro-spatial genetic structure in Dr. José Luis León de la Luz Dr. Charles Crumly Ms. H. Patricia Don Vito Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, southwestern Cardamom Vista. song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Conservation Botany Research Associate Herpetology Research Associate Paleontology Departmental Associate Mountains, Cambodia. Zootaxa 2828: 58–68. Genetics 12:213–222. Sasson, A. 2011. Faunal Remains from Unit 2 at the Dr. Michael S. Mayer Dr. Lee Grismer Ms. Carol Stadum Onn, C. K., Grismer, L.L., et al. 2010. A new Little Sycamore site (CA-VEN-1), pp. 1–30. Report Botany Research Associate Herpetology Research Associate Paleontology Departmental Associate endemic rock Gecko Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 submitted to California Department of Parks and (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Genung Jerai, Kedah, Recreation, Sacramento. Bold indicates staff members. Underline indicates northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 2576: research associates. Dr. Michael G. Simpson Dr. William Presch 59–68. Savage, A. E., Grismer, L.L., et al. 2011. First record Botany Research Associate Herpetology Research Associate of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infecting four frog families from Peninsular Malaysia. EcoHealth Ms. Mary Alice Kessler doi: 10.1007/s10393-011-0685-y. Botany Departmental Associate

12 13 Environmental Science Education Center Education BY THE NUMBERS

Nature to You Loan Program participants To implement his vision of providing world- 106,678 class natural science education to the shared “The materials are excellent and can be used for different San Diego/Baja California region, Dr. grades, from elementary to high school. I especially School programs Michael Hager began planting seeds for an appreciated the fact that interaction and group activities students and chaperones Environmental Science Education Center outweighed technology. The presentations were very dynamic 39,827 (ESEC) in the early 1990s. In October 1995, and engaging. The instructors tied all the loose ends and I Hager delivered his vision publically to can’t think of anything to improve. On the contrary, I plan Family and public rograms an environmental education conference in to adopt many of the techniques used in the workshop. The participants Montana. Intrigued by his talk were Doretta team was very effi cient, the logistics impeccable, and overall, 14,054 Winkelman and Merle O’Neill, co-founders the workshop was very well organized.” of the Daedalus Alliance for Environmental —América González Rubio Museum Access Funds Education (DAEE), a tiny nonprofi t in Teacher Title 1 students served San Diego which delivered environmental CECYTE Pacífi co 6,389 education training for public school teachers in the U.S. and in Baja California, Mexico. PROBEA Introductions followed and a friendship “We are committed to the Smart Schools: Green Practices in Baja California program because we believe it will help us Teachers trained formed between Hager and two of his yet-to- 117 be-recognized future staff. with our personal growth, increase our awareness about our environment, and make us further commit to a sustainable Community service, home, and schol projects A year later, after Hager delivered his vision future, while making us proud to be a model for the entire 56 again at Hubbs Sea World in San Diego, community.” Students Winkelman suggested to Hager during a break —Oscar Encinas Nava, Outreach Director 3,868 that she and O’Neill could create ESEC for the CECYTE Plantel Río Community participants Museum “in a heartbeat.” A meeting followed 8,867 the next week and a grant was co-authored Four water fairs with 1281 participants between DAEE and the Museum. The grant was funded and PROBEA expanded as quickly as its small staff could on January 2, 1997, Daedalus staff and programs merged manage, and has come to serve eight cities in Baja California, with the Museum. One of those programs, PROBEA (English ten cities in Baja California Sur, fi ve cities in Sonora and translation: Bio-regional Environmental Education Project), one in Sinaloa. Of the 20 total curricula employed, 15 were continues to serve the Baja California peninsula with unique written by our own collaborative binational team. teacher-training programs. These programs support Mexican educators to meet environmental-education mandates in the Baja California peninsula. Almost 4,500 educators (formal and non-formal) have participated in our programs and these educators teach more than 150,000 students annually, involving 1,100 schools and organizations. In 2005, school/community Action Projects were introduced into PROBEA’s programs resulting in 300 documented projects involving over 30,000 teachers, students, families, and community members. Projects include school renovation and clean-ups, recycling programs, beach clean-ups, construction of composting toilets, energy-saving campaigns, development of native-plant gardens, tree plantings, toxic substances elimination in schools and homes, surveying of watersheds, and water-audit projects . . . to name a few. Recently PROBEA introduced a new model program called “Smart Schools, Greening Practices in Baja California,” which empowers schools to steward their own environmental education. PROBEA plans to introduce “Smart Schools” to Baja California Sur next year.

14 15 Volunteers

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead Volunteers BY THE NUMBERS

This 2010–11 Annual Report is focused on Mick Hager’s It’s easy to forget that among the many dedicated and Total volunteer hours 20-year tenure, specifi cally the years 1991 to 2011, but with highly visible volunteer groups who work to support the 52,333 “history” as part of the Museum’s name, we never forget our Museum’s research and programs, from those pressing plants Total volunteers roots! in Botany, to the Paleontology volunteers prepping fossils, 739 and the Whalers carrying the Museum’s message on local In 1874, a “small group of thoughtful, committed citizens,” whale-watching trips, the Board of Directors represents an Dollar value of volunteer hours just as Margaret Mead described, formed the San Diego equally dedicated group of volunteers. Their selection, and $1,117,854 Society of Natural History. Only 14 years after the publication the process by which they are elected to Board service, has of Darwin’s Origin of Species, natural history societies were been formalized during Mick’s tenure to ensure that the BRCC volunteer hours gaining tremendous popularity and serving a pivotal role in Museum is overseen by community members who believe in 21,285 organizing the efforts of these citizen scientists. The founders the Museum’s mission, fi rst of all. Secondly, they represent of what is now known as the San Diego Natural History diverse aspects of the San Diego and Baja California peninsula Docents Museum were dedicated amateur naturalists, fascinated by community. Thirdly, they bring professional expertise to the reached 4,751 school children the unusual fl ora and fauna afforded by San Diego’s unique Board with a mix of fi nancial, scientifi c, educational, and 130 classes climate and geology. marketing expertise that allows them to jointly function as a Canyoneers sounding board to Mick, and a guiding force for the Museum led 70 public hikes By 1991, while the Museum remained a respected San Diego as a whole. institution, there was also no question it was struggling for more than 1,022 people, mightily. The board, exercising leadership in one of its Over Mick’s 20 years, 120 community members have served 15 hikes for primary roles, was determined to stabilize that position and on the board. They helped to guide a strategic plan which 474 schoolchildren, and took appropriate action. refocused the Museum’s mission on our extraordinary region; 10 Beautifi ed Nature Walks—nature hikes and they successfully planned for and led the Museum’s building cleanup efforts in Florida Canyon. A recruitment committee was formed, led by Pam Bruder as campaign, Inspired by Nature; and their personal generosity she stepped down as Chair but remained on the Board. A The Museum Whalers has supported the Museum during the recent diffi cult reached 34,693 passengers national search was initiated, and ultimately Michael “Mick” economic times. Each year, the Board of Directors donates Hager, Ph.D., was hired. Of the 18 board members serving on 471 cruises with an average of 800 hours of service in support of our mission. Hornblower Whale and in 1991–92, more than half remain deeply involved today. Their collective contribution of professional wisdom and This fact speaks volumes for their dedication to the Museum. Watching cruises and experience has been invaluable over these 20 years while all 63 cruises through H&M Landing. There is no better example than Mary Clark, whose legacy as involved have worked to chart a course towards a sustainable Board member, friend, and generous supporter of the Museum future. is so permanent that a sign in Mick’s offi ce reads, simply, “What Would Mary Think?” The relationship in 2011 of Mick Hager as President and CEO, and the Board of Directors who govern the Museum, is one of healthy respect and a partnership that is united in serving the San Diego and Baja California peninsula community and fulfi lling the mission of the San Diego Natural History Museum.

“To think beyond your experience and plan beyond your tenure is the moral obligation of boards and staff.” —Allen Liff, 1996

Board members,clockwise: Virginia Crockett, Terry Moore, Jeff Witt, Jeff Block, Carol Wilson, Anita Busquets

16 17 Exhibits

Exhibits BY THE NUMBERS The assignment: to assemble and create an exhibition from Once fabrication began, the entire Exhibits Department scratch that features millions of dollars of precious gems, staff had a hand in making the exhibition’s vision come to Total Admissions delicate sparkling crystals, a 1,500 pound jade boulder, life. The exhibition features elegant custom wood cabinetry, 323,237 historical artifacts, as well as ancient and modern jewelry, glowing wall colors that showcase the objects, and plenty while also telling the unique local story of San Diego of space so that each specially chosen jewel or crystal gets County geology and mineral formation. This exhibition its fair share of the limelight. Josh Payne hand-forged a steel needs to knock people’s socks off when they walk in the mount to support the massive jade boulder standing on end door, both kids and adults. What you are given to begin in the room featuring California gems and minerals. He also with? A large, bare space. Oh and by the way, it must be created the spectacular pegmatite gem pocket that allows fi nished within 15 months. visitors to replicate the feel of discovery and excitement in a mine. Jim Melli created two 3D geologic block diagrams How in the world do you do this? You round up a group illustrating gold formation and pegmatite formations below of phenomenally talented people—exhibition planners, the earth’s surface. Kim Blackford built the sleek wooden developers, artists, fabricators, lighting experts, cabinet replicas of crystal structure and the fi ne walnut cabinetry makers, mount makers, graphics designers, web gurus, displaying many of the objects. marketing experts, fundraisers, registrars, security specialists, and a few more jack-of-all trades types. Then you add one remarkably creative, energetic and motivated curator, who happens to have friends and connections from all over the gem and mineralogy world, mix well under very In the fi nal frenzied days, high pressure, and voila! All that Glitters: The Splendor and Science of Gems and Minerals, a 5,000-square-foot the rooms began to glow exhibition full of some of nature’s most engaging eye-candy, which also manages to pack a powerful educational wallop, with the beauty of these is the spectacular result. special objects, many of The process started early in 2009 when Elise Misiorowski was hired as curator for this exhibition. Misiorowski and which had never been on Exhibit Developer Erica Kelly, working with Exhibits Director Tim Murray, began an intense process of devising view for the public before. the story line, picking the objects, securing the loans, fi guring out which messages would unfold in which areas, crafting the text—the overall plan for the exhibition. Misiorowski stayed in constant contact with lenders, making sure we In the fi nal frenzied days, the tedious process of ever- could secure the appropriate pieces for each display case, as so-carefully installing each piece on its own mount with well as working day-by-day with the Museum team. Since appropriate text labels took place, and the rooms began to good lighting was critical, the team created life-size case glow with the beauty of these special objects, many of which mock-ups with real gems to check various lighting options. had never been on view for the public before. Although Even the background color of the decks of each display was everyone admired the fi nal product as the cases were hotly debated. assembled one by one, a frequent comment made as opening day approached was, “I keep changing my mind about which is my favorite one!” All that Glitters will remain on view through April 2012, and pieces are periodically changed out so that return visitors can see new treasures, as well as enjoy some of the same spectacular pieces that were there on opening day in 2010. A recent visitor summed it up this way: “From photos on your website, we were expecting a nice exhibit; however, we were overwhelmed by the beauty and variety of gems on display. We also learned a great deal about the history of mining in San Diego county and gemstones in general. In short, the exhibit was spectacular in every way one might hope!” Assembling the exhibition

18 19 THE SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY Board of Directors 2010–2011 Terry Moore Enrique Hambleton, Co-Chairman STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Offi cers Principal, Director, Small Business & Pronatura Noroeste Year Ended June 30, 2011 Stephen Cohen, Chair Program Divisions, Barney & Barney President, Private Asset Management LLC Alan Harper, Ph.D. Terra Peninsular, AC 2011 Virginia Crockett, Vice Chair Dennis Morgan Unrestricted Restricted Director, The Learning Center, QUAL- Attorney Richard Kiy President and CEO, International Total Temporarily Permanently COMM Jerome Navarra Operations Depreciation Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Community Foundation SUPPORT AND REVENUE Robert Armstrong, Treasurer Jerome’s Furniture Sergio Knaebel Admissions and exhibit ticket sales $ 2,522,958 $ - $ 2,522,958 $ - $ - $ 2,522,958 CEO, LJL Funding; Partner, Cappetta Pam Palisoul Grant Director, Sandler Family C-snoitubirtno 442,979,1 1,979,244 1,697,630 31,439 3,708,313 Capital The Palisoul Company Government appropriations 381,505 - 381,505 333,826 - 715,331 Supporting Foundation stcartnoC 719,898,1 - 1,898,917 - - 1,898,917 Jon Schmid, Secretary Robert Proulx Gaston Luken S-erot 55,993 5 399,555 - - 399,555 Partner, Cook & Schmid Public Relations Marketing Consultant E-noitacud 052,891 198,250 - - 198,250 President, Noroeste Sustentable M-spihsrebme 020,614 416,020 - - 416,020 Directors Bryce Rhodes Steven McDonald, Co-Chair rehtO 843,831 - 138,348 - - 138,348 Jeff Block Investment Manager Net assets released from restrictions: General Manager, KGTV Channel 10 Attorney & Counselor at Law 3,480,687 - 3,480,687 (3,480,687) - - Yolanda Walther-Meade Satisfaction of program restrictions Tim Means Anita Busquets Advisor of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Total Support and revenue 11,415,484 - 11,415,484 (1,449,231) 31,439 9,997,692 Owner and Founder, Baja Expeditions EXPENSES President and COO, Studies at UCSD Program expenses NCE Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Rodolfo Ogarrio Carol Wilson E stibihx 947,011,3 605,171 3,715,920 - - 3,715,920 Executive President, Fundea (Fundación Darlene Davies Community Volunteer; Science and research 3,067,892 369,650 3,437,542 - - 3,437,542 Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental AC) Education/public programs 1,326,324 292,552 1,618,876 - - 1,618,876 Professor Emerita, San Diego State Schoolteacher (Retired) Store cost of goods sold University Rudolph Rehm Jeff Witt and operating expenses 490,443 52,807 543,250 - - 543,250 Finance Partner, DCM-DOLL Capital Walt Davis Director of Research, Membership 148,291 10,561 158,852 - - 158,852 Management Total program expenses 8,143,699 1,330,741 9,474,440 - - 9,474,440 Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired) Private Asset Management Alejandro Robles Paul Dayton Mary Yang Supporting services Executive Director Noroeste Sustentable Management and general 462,409 137,299 599,708 - - 599,708 Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Scientist F gnisiardnu 701,241,1 21,123 1,163,230 - - 1,163,230 Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Initiative, Noroeste Sustentable Ellen Zinn Marketing 608,875 58,088 666,963 - - 666,963 Carolina Shepard Espinosa Total supporting services 2,213,391 216,510 2,429,901 - - 2,429,901 John Downing Community Volunteer Downing Family Vineyards Founder and Director, Bahia De Los Trustees Emeritus Angeles Museum Total expenses 10,357,090 1,547,251 11,904,341 - - 11,904,341 Susan Evanco Pamela M. Bruder Roberto Valdes Revenue and other support in Community Volunteer Mary H. Clark* Land and Planning Development excess of expenses 1,058,394 (1,547,251) (488,857) (1,449,231) 31,439 (1,906,649) Tom Fleming James Clements* INVESTMENT GAINS (LOSSES) SAIC Norman C. Roberts, DVM* Christy Walton emocni tnemtsevnI emocni 138,36 - 63,831 122,446 - 186,277 Thomas W. Sefton* Walton Family Foundation Tom Hazard sol( niag dezilaeR niag )ssol( - - - 11,699 - 11,699 Honorary Trustees Jim Waring, Chairman Net unrealized gain (loss) 852,740 - 852,740 782,371 366,539 2,001,650 Partner, R.E. Hazard Contracting Co. Charmaine Kaplan* CleanTECH San Diego Total investment gains (losses) 916,571 - 916,571 916,516 366,539 2,199,626 Allison Henderson Maurice Kaplan* TOTAL CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 1,974,965 (1,547,251) 427,714 (532,715) 397,978 292,977 NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 25,985,576 (15,257,951) 10,727,625 2,004,941 11,102,601 23,835,167 Community Volunteer Philip M. Klauber NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $ 27,960,541 $ (16,805,202) $ 11,155,339 $ 1,472,226 $ 11,500,579 $ 24,128,144 Matt Hom, M.D. Donna K. Sefton Volunteer Offi cers Founder and Medical Director, Covey Rejuve Medspa and Wellness Binational Advisory Board Betsy Olsen, Ellen Smothers, Notes to Audited Financial Statements Co-Presidents Allen M. Jones L. Susan Anderson, Ph.D. 1. The above Statement of Activities is a key schedule of the San Diego Natural History Museum’s audited fi nancial statements. Vice President Planning & Land Use, Northwest Mexico Program Director, Docents The complete audited fi nancial statements can be found on the Museum’s website. HG Fenton Company The Nature Conservancy Elizabeth Smith, President Steve A. Kay, Ph.D. Anita Musser and Carrie Huckell, Co- 2. The fi nancial statements of the San Diego Natural History Museum have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Dean and Richard C. Atkinson Chair, Richard Cudney Vice Presidents Accounting Standards (GAAP). The fi nancial statements of the Museum are prepared utilizing the accrual basis of accounting. Division of Biological Sciences, UCSD Conservation and Science Associate Canyoneers Program Offi cer, Packard Foundation 3. The Museum is a California not-for-profi t corporation, and thus is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Jeffrey Kent Alan Marshall, President John Hopper, Vice President Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701(d) of the State Revenue and Taxation Code. Kent’s Bromeliads Exequiel Ezcurra, Ph.D. Whalers 4. Included in the Statement of Activities results for the year ended June 30, 2011, are depreciation expenses of $1.5 million. Peter Kovacs Director of UCMEXUS; Professor, Carol Orton, President Depreciation expense is a non-cash expense that does not impact the Museums daily operations. Kovacs Advisory Group Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside Sherri Knox, Vice President Steven McDonald 5. Also included in the Statement of Activities results for the year ended June 30, 2011 are net unrealized gains/losses of $2.0 Martin Goebel Attorney & Counselor at Law million. Like depreciation, these are non-cash. Executive Director, Sustainable Northwest

6. For the year ended June 30, 2011, the Museum’s program expenses constituted 80% of total expenses. *deceased

20 21 In Memoriam

The following list of individuals represents members, donors, and volunteers who passed away this fi scal year. We are thankful for their commitment to the Museum and wish to honor their memories. Mary Hollis Clark November 2, 1921–December 19, 2010

Leonard B. Allen Patricia A. Johnson William T. Schneider Marianne B. Ashenhurst Mary R. Kazmarek Leo Schowengerdt William E. Betzer Patrice Laughton Jane T. Schute Mary is still a living, vital Julie M. Bohnsack Virginia E. Lott Jacqueline Sciulli part of the San Diego Natural Dan Brimm Elizabeth O. McCarthy Ann P. Sensibaugh History Museum, and will Jessie M. Burrows Geraldine L. McFarlane Tom Shive continue to be so for all who Manuel R. Camacho Patricia Montalbano James H. Smith have known and loved her. Richard Chadwick Harle G. Montgomery Arna Thompson Judith Chock Gloria J. Moore Miles J. Todd Mary H. Clark Rita H. Neeper Roger W. Townsend Elva A. Bishop Charlotte W. Nielsen Mildred Van Doren Margaret B. Diehl William Offenhauser Alexander A. Varbedian We honor the life and passing of one of our greatest and In 1996, Mary was given the ultimate accolade accorded most inspirational volunteers, Mary Hollis Clark. Mary by biologists, by the naming of a new subspecies of marsh Joseph Doering Neri Osborn Ginger Wallace passed away peacefully on December 19, 2010. She left us wren, Cistothorus palustris clarkae, in her honor. This was with the same grace with which she lived her life. announced at a reception to celebrate the establishment of Arthur W. Down Arthur G. Peinado Blanche Wasserman the Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias, as well Mary fi rst became involved with the Museum as a member as the new endowment of the Curator of Botany by Dallas Cynthia Epstein Leroy Phelps James H. West of the Covey volunteer group. In 1964, she was elected to Clark, also in honor of Mary. the Board of Directors. Mary served two terms as President Charles Feurzeig William Price Harold B. Williams of the Board over a 25-year span before being elected a Mary never lost faith in the Museum’s mission and purpose Trustee Emeritus. She was the fi rst of only three female board and she served as a constant reminder of how to handle Eugene M. Foster Annette Reid Jack K. Wolf members who have served as President since the beginning of diffi culties that came our way. She also soared with us during the Society. our successes. Mary famously stated, at the dedication of the John Hamel Joseph Rubenson John B. Young new Mary and Dallas Clark wing of the Museum in 2001, With a personal appreciation and genuine curiosity about Virginia Hammer John P. Sands “Now that we have two wings, we can fl y.” native plants, birds, and all our local wildlife, Mary William Hassett Leon W. Scales maintained an active supporting interest in the research Mary’s wise counsel helped guide the Museum’s President carried out at the Museum from her earliest days. In 1988, and CEO, Mick Hager, and she was a valued resource for the Mary Hollis Clark Desert Discovery Lab opened to the advice on every major decision. Her generosity of time, public, featuring special books, herbarium specimens, and talent, and treasure is unmatched. She inspired each and videos, as well as a collection of live desert animals, and every one of us to do our absolute best and made us proud artifacts such as animal nests and bones. Mary loved the of our work. As with other people who similarly inspire fact that the Desert Discovery Lab was especially fun and those around them, the strength of her personality, generosity engaging for both children and adult visitors to the Museum. and integrity never depended on her mere physical presence. Mary is still a living, vital part of the San Diego Natural History Museum, and will continue to be so for all who have known and loved her.

22 23 National Geographic Society County of San Diego, at the recommendation Wilburn Akers* and Beverly Pecunia Nancy and Bill Homeyer Pam Bruder National Science Foundation of Supervisor Greg Cox, District 1, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pesqueira Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jackson Donors Eleanor and Jerome Navarra and Family Community Enhancement Funds Mrs. Ingrid N. Poole Mr. Warren L. Jacob Pam Bruder didn’t intend to join the Museum’s We are deeply grateful to the many friends Mr. and Mrs. Philip Palisoul Virginia and Doug Crockett The Arthur and Jeanette Pratt Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Jacobson Board of Directors. A volunteer for fi ve years who support the Museum with their time, Price Charities Vice Admiral and Mrs. Walter J. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Valerie Quate Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kalish as a teenager working with Josie Scripps talent and treasure. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Price Mr. and Mrs. James Dawe Mrs. Cathryn Ramírez Charles Kennel and Ellen Lehman in Mineralogy, Bruder knew and loved the Susan and Bryce Rhodes Family Philip H.* and Ruth W. Dickinson Family Trust Rudolph and Carla Rehm Mrs. Gail King Museum, but simply had no time. Soon after $5000 and above The Rice Family Foundation Bill Disher Nancy Robertson and Mark Cookingham Harry and Shirley Koons she and her husband Stuart moved from Anonymous (4) Rokenbok Fund Edward and Ruth Evans Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William Rohn Mr. and Mrs. Peter Krippl Los Angeles to San Diego, Bruder received a Thomas C. Ackerman Foundation The San Diego Foundation Ms. Marion Eggertsen The Sahan Daywi Foundation Mr. and Ms. Lowell Lindsay call from Mary Clark asking her to join the Mona Baumgartel and John DeBeer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Satz Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ellsworth San Diego County Fish & Wildlife Advisory Mr. Jack T. McCord Board. Bruder had her hands full getting three The Legler Benbough Foundation Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation Dr. and Mr. Paul Engstrand Commission Christa McReynolds Fund children adjusted to a new home, so told Mary Beyster Family Foundation Fund Sefton Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Esgate Dr. Rebecca Papendick and Dr. Jay Savage Gary and Carol Neely “Call me in a year.” One year later to the day

J.F. Beyster Fund J.W. Sefton Foundation Drs. Edward and Ruth Evans Warren and Anna Gale Schmidtmann Mr. Jim O’Connell Mary called saying “It’s been a year. Well?”

M.A. Beyster Fund Dr. Seuss Fund Mr. Tom Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Schulze Mr. William Orcutt Who could say no to Mary? Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation The Harold R. Stern Foundation The Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation Richard C. Schwenkmeyer Private Asset Management, Inc. Foundation, Jeff Block and Michele Gerus at the recommendation of Stephen J. Cohen, Rear Admiral Ronne Froman and Mr. Linden Blue Dr. and Mrs. Charles Scott Stephen J. Cohen, President Bruder’s tenure on the board included two Mr. and Mrs. David Bush Private Asset Management J. Martin Goebel Beth Shonts Trust Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Reynolds terms as President, the two years before California Native Plant Society-San Diego Chapter Dr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Gosink James* and Beatrice* Smith Ms. Janet Rusnell Mick Hager arrived. In her fi rst year as Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Francis P. Torino Foundation Gray Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spehn Carrie Schneider and Bob Laymon Board President, Bruder realized the choices Ms. Dale Hollis Clark U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Denise and Michael Hager Dr. and Mrs. John R. Stevenson Dr. Seuss Foundation were stark: hire a new Director, or close the Stephen J. Cohen and Adele S. Rabin, Ph.D. Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Varbedian Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hajduk Gwen Stoughton Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Stickney Museum’s doors. Bruder saw, above all, that Commission for Arts and Culture— The Walton Family Foundation Robin Halford Strauss Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Valverde the staff needed support and that a proper City of San Diego Christy Walton Drs. Gayda and Nabil Hanna Dr. and Mrs. Paul Strauss The Allen Van Norman Trust search process for hiring the next Executive County Board of Supervisors, at the Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust Lois and John Harris Trust Fund Takahashi Family Fund Annette L. and Wade W. Winner, Jr. Director would be critical. recommendation of Supervisor Ron Roberts, Mrs. Jerel West Kathryn Crippen Hattox Fund The John M. and Sally B. Thornton Foundation Pat Woolley The search committee that ultimately found Community Enhancement Funds WWW Foundation Ms. Allison Henderson and Mr. Jay Miles Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Tipton Hager was organized by Bruder and chaired County Board of Supervisors, Dorothy and Art* Hester Mrs. J. Marie Tuthill by Fred Garry (Board President from 1990– at the recommendation of Supervisor Pam Joel and Rosanne Holliday Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Valdés $100—499 91), joined by Bruder, Clark, Chuck Guthrie, Slater-Price, Neighborhood Reinvestment $1000–4999 Margaret Hollingsworth Dr. Robert C. Vinton Anonymous (12) and Bill Kuni. They screened 68 candidates Program Anonymous (3) Mrs. Jackie Hollywood Ginger E. and Robert D. Wallace Foundation Patrick Abbott, Ph.D. from across the country and painstakingly County Board of Supervisors, Mrs. Anstes Agnew Dr. and Mrs. Matt Hom Ms. Yolanda Walther-Meade Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Alfaro selected three fi nalists. at the recommendation of Supervisor Pam Walter and Jody Andersen Dr. Aline G. Hornaday Mr. and Mrs. William Walton D. Scott and Jayne Atkinson Slater-Price, Community Enhancement Funds Ms. Marianela Ariza Mr. and Mrs. Gary Huckell Kathy and Jim Waring Dr. Judith Bardwick Dr. Richard Della Penna Looking back, Bruder said that Hager was the Mr. William Barbour Mrs. Sarah H. Hughston Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Ken Barratt obvious choice for several reasons: Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dort Baumgartel DeBeer Family Fund Dr. Donna Perdue and Dr. Calvin Johnson Harold* and Betty Jo Williams Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barrett Downing Family Foundation at the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jones Mrs. Carol Winter Bruce and Patricia Becker His credentials as a paleontologist, a Mr. and Mrs. John Downing Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Berger Ms. Jeanne Jones and Mr. Donald Breitenberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Witt Tony Bedford discipline in which the Museum was Glenn and Jeanne* Dunham Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Blackman Shelley Halpain, Ph.D. and Steve Kay, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wood Mr. and Mrs. John Belanich strong. Bernard J. Eggertsen and Florence Nemkov Mrs. Suzanne I. Bond Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kent Dr. Mary M. Yang Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Craig Evanco Barbara A. Booth Mr. H. William Kuni Miles and Patricia Bowler His ability to conceptualize and Samuel H. French, III & Katherine Weaver Boys and Girls Foundation Ann Laddon and Adrian Jaffer Ms. Stephanie Bremond and Dr. Nick Gascoigne “think outside the box.” French Fund George and Mary Ann Brooks-Gonyer Mrs. Jane Laddon $500—999 Brian Brown Mr. Gary E. Friedman Mr. and Mrs. G. Stuart Bruder Dr. and Mrs. James Lemke Dr. and Mrs. John Alksne Mr. and Mrs. G. MacLaren Brydon, III His emphasis on looking forward, Enid and Martin Gleich Dr. J. David Bukry Mrs. Lucile Madruga Alpinieri Gift Fund at the Fidelity Charitable Jane F. Campbell “not letting himself get disturbed by past Tom and Jo Hazard Esther J. Burnham The Gilbert J. Martin Foundation Gift Fund Vatei and Andy Campbell history,” staying positive, and viewing Heller Foundation of San Diego Mr. and Mrs. Malin Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Maxted Eowyn Bates and Christopher Croom Ms. Shannon I. Candler what others might see as insurmountable

Helm Fund The Canyoneers Drs. Anne and Andy McCammon Wayne and Lauralee Bennett Cary Canning problems as challenges instead.

Hervey Family Non-endowment Fund Dr. Margaret E. Carl Ms. Courtney Coyle and Mr. Steven McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Berg Dr. and Mrs. John C. Carson As Bruder described it, “Mick had the right Carol and Henry F. Hunte Fund Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Department Services Mr. and Mrs. Terry D. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Breisch Mr. and Mrs. Chris Cary personality and great presence of mind. He Institute of Museum and Library Services Charlotte and Jeff Chandler Ms. Rebecca Moores Ms. Christa Burke and Mr. Walt Dittmer Dr. William J. Ceretto had also taken Charisma 101. He could Instituto Nacional de Ecologia/SEMARNAT District 3-City of San Diego, Judith and Neil Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Carlson Hadarah and Sidney* Chemnick calmly look at you, smile, and make you International Community Foundation at the recommendation of Ms. Ray-Etta L. Morrell Mrs. Michelle Clarke Laurence Chiu believe that success was possible.” The Estate of Benjamin R. Kiegle Councilmember Todd Gloria Dr. James W. Neel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clelland Ms. Dolores Clark recruitment committee and Board members Advised Fund of Philip M. Klauber Ms. Rebecca Vesterfelt and Mr. Louis Cohen Ms. Nancy Nenow Mrs. Marie T. Daniels and Mr. Chris Daniels Mr. and Mrs. Garet Clark who hired Mick in 1991 have been, as Pam Peter and Marilee Kovacs Elsa and Jaron Collins Charlotte W. Nielsen Richard G. Dooley Ms. Therese Clark Bruder emphatically believes, proven right. Estate of Dr. Ellen E. Kuhns Carolyn and Cliff Colwell Jean and Bill O’Daniel Val and DeeGee Farrell Karen and Jamie Cleland The Martin Leichter Foundation Compton Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Rodney D. Orth Ms. Charlene Glacy Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Clites at the recommendation of Stephen J. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Conlan Mrs. James B. Orwig Mr. and Mrs. Cal Graeber Dr. and Mrs. Boyd D. Collier Private Asset Management San Diego County Employees’ Charitable Walter and Anne Pagels Mr. and Mrs. Larry Greenfi eld Anne Collins Smith, Ph.D. and Mr. and Mrs. James D. Meyer Organization Mrs. Joseph R. Parker Ms. Ingegerd E. Hansen Owen M. Smith, Ph.D. Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation Maggie Reinbold and Bradford Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. Lovick Corn

Denotes gift through the San Diego Foundation * Deceased If we have omitted your name or made an error, please accept our apologies and help us correct our records. Call the Development Offi ce at 619.255.0172.

24 25 Ms. Ramona D. Court Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Deke Siren Corporate Donors Natural Partner—Tourmaline Gifts in Kind Richard and Stephanie Coutts Mr. and Mrs. Murry Luftig Dr. and Mrs. David Smith Allergy and Rheumatology Medical Clinic Ms. Elizabeth K. Smith Adriane and Ken Coveney Mr. and Mrs. Gary Macek Natural Partners AQCS Environmental** Gifts of products and services provide valu- Mary Secan Smith The Covey Mr. and Mrs. Clark R. Mahrdt Natural Partners are corporate supporters Blackbaud** able support to the Museum. From exhibi- Dr. and Mrs. Irving Alan Sparks Mrs. Julia Croom Vincent Marin, M.D. of the Museum who give $1,250 or more CerasoliStafford Media Management LLC** tion components to professional services to Mrs. Susan Springstead Ms. Darlene G. Davies, Ed.S. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marks in cash or product support over the course Cox Business event support, these donors also assure the Ms. Rachel De Quesada Mr. and Mrs. F. Dale Marriott Mr. Bob Stefanko Event Network, Inc. of the year. We are proud to be associated success of the Museum’s activities. Dr. George Dehnel Ms. Victoria R. Marshall Mr. Jeff Swanger with these companies and most apprecia- Giant Photo Service** Del Mar Garden Club Mrs. Margaret D. Marston and Mr. Brian Swanson The Grant Grill** tive of their generosity across the Museum’s Coles Fine Flooring Mr. Julius Delino Ms. Anne Marston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Swanson Hoyle Cohen Wealth Management LLC programs. Marie T. Daniels Deanne and Thomas Deméré Ms. Carolyn Martus Melvin and Ellen Sweet Kyocera International, Inc. Lois Day Ms. Doris Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Martin Marugg, Jr. Phyllis and Frank Tabor Kyoto Symposium Organization Natural Partner—Diamond Mr. and Mrs. John Downing Ms. Dee Dickson The Mauro Family Fund at the Fidelity Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taft Lee Hecht Harrison Google Grants** Mr. and Mrs. David J. Gautereaux Carolyn and Bill Doherty Charitable Gift Fund Susan E. Tanges New School of Architecture Foundation Jerome’s Furniture Hard Rock Cafe Lindsay B. Duvall Mr. Henry E. McAdams Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Tauber San Diego Gas & Electric Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kent Margi Dykens Mr. and Mrs. Adare McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Lindy D. Thomas Thomas Jefferson School of Law Natural Partner—Emerald Adrian Jaffer Ms. Debra Ernst and Ms. Sandra Ernst Ms. Alice B. McCauley Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Thompson VWR Charitable Foundation Cox Communications Dr. and Mrs. James D. Lang Meryl A. Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McCommins Mr. and Mrs. Miles* Todd Welk Resorts Mr. Rob Lavinsky The Field Family Ms. Kelli V. McCoy and Mr. Jeffrey A Prsha Ms. Anne Turhollow and Zoological Society of San Diego Natural Partner—Ruby Malashock Dance Margaret and Walker Fillius Floyd E. McEwen Estate Mr. Michael J. Perkins Charles Koll Jewellers Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Meieran Ms. Carol Ann Flanagan and Mr. and Mrs. David McNair Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tuskes Natural Partner—Amber Mr. and Mrs. Jerome V. Navarra Mr. Larry D. Rhodes Mr. Jack P. Meek Robert Alexander Underwood A Perfect Table** Natural Partner—Sapphire Carol A. Orton Ms. Ayaris Patino and Mr. Robert Flynn Mr. Jim Melli and Ms. Janet Klauber Nita and Henk van der Werff Allure Chocolat** Agouron Institute Papa John’s Pizza San Diego, LLC Robert J. and Judith A. Gennette Ms. Anne Middleton Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Vecchione Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Alliant Event Services, Inc.** Mr. William A. Pirie Ms. Keitha Giannella Mr. Edward J. Mracek Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wadlington Bracero Tequila** Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc. Rudolph and Carla Rehm Mr. and Mrs. John W. Giebink Mr. and Mrs. David Mullin Michael Wall, Ph.D. CarMax Matching Gift Program Cymer, Inc. San Diego Botanical Garden Anne Gillmor Mr. and Mrs. Kevin V. Munnelly Mr. Charles E. Wallace Celgene Corporation Ferring Pharmaceuticals School in the Park Mr. Robert Goldberg Mrs. Collette Murphy Stefanko Mark Wallen and Kathy Farrelly Classic Party Rentals** Ferring Research Institute Gwen Stoughton Mr. and Mrs. Morley Golden Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wasserman Montesquieu Wines** Cupcake Love** Ms. Virginia Halvorson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Muzzy Mrs. Cynthia Stribling and Mr. Paul Webb Private Asset Management Downing Family Vineyards** Judge and Mrs. Richard J. Hanscom Mrs. Barbara W. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Allen Weckerly QUALCOMM Incorporated Dwight Vallely Photography** Mrs. Judy I. Harding Ms. Barbara J. Nolan and Mr. Henry Elmstad Ms. Christine Wheeler Sempra Energy Foundation El Rey Sol Restaurant** Ms. Stefanie Haseldonckx Janie Noon and Michael Noon, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams Union Bank Foundation El Vitral Restaurant and Tequila Lounge** Larry Hendrickson Mrs. Virginia Norman Mr. Frank Williamson and Ms. Patricia The Wells Fargo Foundation Gen-Probe Incorporated Diana and William Herron John and Virginia Oliver Powers Williamson Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Mr. and Mrs. Jules Hertz Dr. Andrew C. Olson, Jr. Mr. Stanley G. Williamson Natural Partner—Topaz Research & Development, LLC Ms. Norma Hidalgo Del Rio Dr. and Mrs. Fred Orton Women’s University Club of San Diego The Abbey Catering & Event Design Company** Kent’s Bromeliad Nursery, Inc.** Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hildenbrandt Mr. and Mrs. John Overland Ms. Wendy L. Youngren Broadcom Corporation La Diferencia** Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoctor Mr. and Mrs. Mark Perry Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zell ChileCo Catering** The Marine Room** Mr. John F. Holz Ms. Sheila M. Pickwell and Continental Catering, Inc.** New English Brewing Company** Mr. and Mrs. Ron Horvitz Mr. Ronald Langacker CRG Beverage Company** Neyenesch Printers, Inc.** Mrs. Patricia C. Houser Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Polak Crown Point Catering** Nobu San Diego** Kathleen Howell Mr. and Mrs. David Poole Culinary Concepts** Rae Florae** Dr. Henry Ingle and Dr. Yolanda Ingle Mr. and Mrs. Robert Proulx Event Technology Services** Rebecca’s: A Coffee House** Ms. Evelyn G. Jackson Donna and Don Raub Festivities Catering & Special Events** Resolusean Photography, Inc.** Dr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Jehl, Jr. John G. Rebelo, Jr. and Brenda Marsh-Rebelo The French Gourmet** Searsucker** Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Johnson Jon Rebman, Ph.D. Indigo Café** Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina** Ms. Katy Justice and Mr. Todd Gledhill Jim and Brenda Richmond Indulge Contemporary Catering** Simpler & Simpler** Ms. Emi Kaneshiro Mrs. Judith D. Ritner The McGraw-Hill Companies Tiffany & Co.** Mr. and Mrs. William Kaschak Mr. Fred Roberts Nordson Corporation Foundation Tommy V’s Italian Chophouse** Emanuel Kauder, M.D. Ms. Judith Robinson Conner Novatel Wireless WD-40 Company Mr. and Mrs. Julian Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. James J. Rocks The Ordover Gallery The WineSellar and Brasserie** Philip and Detty June* Klauber Ms. Esther Rodriguez Pamplemousse Grill** Ms. Sheri Konen Ms. Jeanne C. Rosenberg Peartrees Catering** Additional Corporate Partners Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy Ms. Callie Mack and Mr. Phillip Roullard The Prado Restaurant at Balboa Park** Barney & Barney, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lamb Ms. Elisa C. Sabatini Rancho La Puerta** General Electric Foundation Ms. Susan R. Lammert Ms. Elizabeth Santillanez Shmoozers Catering** Merck Partnership for Giving Mr. and Mrs. William Larson Mr. and Mrs. Rian Sayles Terra Catering Ocean View Mines, LLC Mrs. Veronica Lee Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schroeder The Wild Thyme Company** Pfi zer Foundation Matching William and Suzann Leininger Ms. Suzanne Melvin and Dr. Alessandro Sette YellowBook USA** Gifts Program Ms. Melissa Leitch Carol and William Sheehan Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Karen Levy-Szpiro Ms. Peggy Shorenstein Willis Insurance Services of San Diego, Inc.

Denotes gift through the San Diego Foundation * Deceased **Indicates gift-in-kind

26 27 John Hamel Live Oaks Society Dos Aguilas Binational Gala Endowments Bill Kuni John Hamel began his association with the Honoring Yolanda Walther-Meade The Live Oaks Society is comprised of sup- Administrative Endowment Bill Kuni is not positive how he came to Museum as a good friend and business ad- & Yolanda S. Walther-Meade porters who have made gifts to the Museum Ambassadors Circle Endowment the attention of Pam Bruder, then Chair of viser to a very generous donor, Morgan Rice through their estate plans. These generous February 5, 2011 Anonymous Ornithology Curatorial the Museum’s Board of Directors. He was of the Rice Family Foundation. In 2006, donors are providing funds for endowment Endowment working on development of a K–5 school Hamel gave the Museum a short essay he curriculum for Thomas Jefferson Elementary support which will assure the future of the Major Sponsors and Table Hosts Joshua L. Baily Endowment for Marine wrote about his background in moving from School in North Park. Having recently sold Museum and its programs. Imperial Eagle Sponsors Invertebrates and Paleontology Holland to the United States 50 years earlier: an orthopedic device to a Carlsbad-based Christy Walton Biodiversity Research Center of the Anonymous (5) Mrs. Joseph R. Parker Californias Director’s Endowment company, he was “between gigs,” and On November 30, 1956, I stepped off the found time to follow his passion for helping Francoise D. Baker James and Barbara Peugh Bald Eagle Sponsors Mary and Dallas Clark Chair of Botany train at the Santa Fe Depot in San Diego. children gain access to science and demystify Mona Baumgartel and John DeBeer Rudy and Marilyn Regalado Rancho La Puerta Ruth G. Comstock Entomology Endowment All I had with me was a little brown professions such as scientist and curator. Barbara and Eugene* Bowman Jim and Sharon Richardson Mrs. Joseph R. Parker Dranziger Ornithology Endowment canvas bag with some clothes in it, and an Kuni, whose academic background is in Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Breisch Harleen and Richard Roncaglia Deborah Szekely Dorothy Elliott Museum Access Fund empty wallet. I had used up the $25 I had engineering and business, was concerned that George Brooks-Gonyer Ms. Ronnie Schneider Eleanor and Jerry Navarra Endowment when I left Amsterdam fi ve days earlier, on Esther J. Burnham Richard C. Schwenkmeyer Groce Natural History Endowment Fund too many kids shied away from math and food. I was fl at broke, probably smelled science, and he knew that inner-city school Margaret E. Carl Jeanne and Henry Shenkman Crested Eagle Sponsors William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund pretty bad and had no place to stay. It was kids in particular lacked the opportunities Mary Jane and Bob Cherry Dr. David D. Smith Adele S. Rabin and Stephen J. Cohen for Education Programs about noon, I remember the sun was shin- for fi eld trips and enrichment activities to Ms. Dale Hollis Clark Phyllis and Frank Tabor CerasoliStafford Media Management Hill Endowment for Ornithology Research ing, and it was warm. For the fi rst time in encourage them in that direction. Henry and Charlotte Clark Bill Thomas Cox Communications Klauber Family Library Endowment my life, I saw real palm trees. It had been Mary H. Clark* Christine Tratnyek SDG&E Grace and Laurence Klauber Herpetology freezing when I left Holland, and it was Bruder invited Kuni to join the Board of Karen and Dr. James F.* Clements Dr. Robert C. Vinton Endowment snowing in New York when I got on the Directors in 1990. Kuni immediately found Mr. David R. Crawford Mrs. Mary M. Yount Platinum Eagle Sponsors Trust of Hallam J. Koons, in memory of train. Except for having no money and no himself enmeshed in a challenging situation Jose de la Torre Bueno Marie T. Daniels his father, Hallam T. Koons place to stay, things could not be much bet- that drew on all the management experience Mrs. P.H. Dickinson Mary and Jim Dawe Herbert N. Lowe Conchological Collection ter for me. and skills he had gained in the business Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dort Mildred Meeder Endowment Fund William H. Disher world. Glenn and Jeanne* Dunham Susan and Craig Evanco Member Science Endowment Well, 50 years later things look a hell of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Eddy and Rear Admiral Ronne Froman and Linden Blue San Diego Society of Natural History a lot better than they did then. The sun is In describing that time, Kuni refl ected The Eddy Marital Trust Martín Goebel General Endowment still shining, my wallet is no longer empty, on how the “process” itself worked. The Bernard J. Eggertsen Shelley Halpain, Ph.D. and Steve Kay, Ph.D. Topper Thomas Youth Education Endowment I have a place to stay and I still travel national search which was instituted, and Dr. Iris Engstrand and Mr. Paul Engstrand Marilee and Peter Kovacs W.W. Whitney Library Endowment light. Looking back, it has been a pretty the hard questions which had to be asked, Mrs. William Gordon Courtney Coyle and Steven P. McDonald good ride. I have come to realize that life is resulted in the selection of Mick Hager as Dr. David E. and Barbara Groce Linda and Terry Moore never quite perfect, but as long as most of the Museum’s next President and CEO. Judy Guilmette Mrs. James B. Orwig it was okay, I never wasted a lot of time in Kuni recalled devising “test cases” for Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Hambleton Pamela and Philip Palisoul making it 100% perfect. And for me, that the fi nalists, as in “if xyz happened, then Janelle and Ed Harris Tiffany & Co./Cathryn and David Ramirez was a good choice. I am happy and proud what?” scenarios, because he recognized that Lois and John Harris Trust Fund The San Diego Foundation/ that my family has benefi ted, and will so management skills and strategic thinking Helen* and Kent Heppell Debi and Bob Kelly in the future, in one way or another, from were just as essential for the Museum as for Dorothy and Art* Hester Mary and Roberto Valdés what I have accomplished and built up in any business. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoctor Yolanda Walther-Meade these 50 years. Kathleen Howell Mick, according to Kuni, stood out among Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Jacobson Wish List Sponsors the candidates for his “mature-yet-boyish Hamel called this short piece, “My Arrival Adrian Jaffer Mrs. Joseph R. Parker enthusiasm,” his academic background, in the United States,” and it shows Hamel’s Linda D. King Allison Henderson and Jay Miles and his practical track record of having spirit of optimism, determination, and Philip and Detty June* Klauber Patricia and Robert Whalen directed two other respected museums. The confi dence. Harry and Shirley Koons Ellen Lehman and Charles Kennel recruitment committee recognized Mick’s Mr. and Mrs. Burton Kuck Judith and Neil Morgan talents and his innate integrity, qualities John Hamel passed away on February 14, Mr. H. William Kuni Jeanne and William Larson which were confi rmed as committee 2011, but we remember him fondly as a true Ann Laddon members took their time with a very friend to many of us, both individually and Luisa J. Larson thorough search process and talked to people through his service to our community via the Ms. Ida E. Lewis around the country who knew Mick and Rice Family Foundation. Ms. Barbara J. Lohne verifi ed these positive impressions. Virginia W. Martin Ms. Ray-Etta L. Morrell Kuni is pleased to have played a part in Dr. James D. Nauman bringing Mick to the Museum. He credits Nancy Nenow Mick with realigning the Board and the Dr. and Mrs. Fred Orton Museum itself with the mission of the San Walter and Anne Pagels Diego Natural History Museum.

Denotes gift through the San Diego Foundation * Deceased If we have omitted your name or made an error, please accept our apologies and help us correct our records. Call the Development Offi ce at 619.255.0172.

28 29 Senior Management 2010–2011

Michael W. Hager, Ph.D. President and CEO

George Brooks-Gonyer Vice President, CFO and COO

Ann M. Laddon Vice President, Institutional Advancement

Michael Wall, Ph.D. Vice President, Research and Public Programs and Curator of Entomology

Tom Deméré, Ph.D. Curator of Paleontology Acknowledgements Bradford Hollingsworth, Ph.D. Curator of Herpetology Art Direction and Design Mary Lou Morreal Jon P. Rebman, Ph.D. Curator of Botany Editorial Committee Ann M. Laddon Philip Unitt Eowyn Bates Curator of Birds and Mammals Margaret Dykens Julie Hocking Margaret Dykens Hallie Johnson Director of the Research Library and Registrar Donna Raub Michael Wall, Ph.D.

Photography Sarah Albert , Lollo Enstad, François Gohier, Breanne Leach, the PROBEA team, Bob Ross

Cover Image Image of Plate XXIX in Ostéographie des Cétacés vivants et fossiles by Van Beneden, Paris, 1868 from the Museum’s Rare Book Room collection.

The living La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) found in coastal Atlantic waters of Uruguay and Argentina has evolutionary ties to an extinct river dolphin (Parapontoporia sternbergi) that lived in our region three million years ago during the Pliocene Epoch.

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