HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2010 We are pleased to honor alumni and friends of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies who made gifts to the school between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010. We also wish to recognize the corporations, foundations and organizations that have provided generous support to the school. Class of 1938 Jack W. Densmore John M. McMurray Class of 1940 Richard C. Rose Class of 1942 Richard F. West Class of 1946 Paul Y. Burns Class of 1947 Robert F. Parker* Henry A. Wilson* Class of 1948 Harold J. Belcher Francis H. Dillon, Jr. Otis F. Hall George M. Hindmarsh John E. O'Donnell, Jr. Stephen D. Pryce Class of 1949 James B. Carlaw* David H. Fordyce Herbert I. Winer Class of 1950 John O. Batson Robert O. Brandenberger Kenneth L. Carvell William F. Cowen, Jr. Theodore Natti Albert L.C. Nelson John C. Watt Class of 1951 Peter Arnold Lester E. Bradford John L. Christie Robert O. Curtis, Robert W. Eisenmenger Gerald D. Fitzgerald Walter P. Gould John W. Ker Donald S. Page Lewis C. Peters

* deceased

Class of 1952 Robert S. Bond John C. Calhoun, Jr. Eugene M. Carpenter John L. Hall Milton E. Hartley, Jr. Gordon Loery John R. Skeele William I. Stein Class of 1953 Eric L. Ellwood John F. Miller Earl W. Raymond Oakleigh Thorne II Class of 1954 Harry B. Bailey, Jr. James H. Brown Gordon Hall III Donald J. Miller Jack R. Mulholland Roy D. Whitney Robert L. Youngs Class of 1955 Warren T. Doolittle David R. Houston Kenneth Knoerr George R. Lamb Daniel P. Loucks Wee Yuey Pong Lawrence B. Sunderland Kenneth G. Weston Donald K. Whittemore David E. Baker Class of 1956 Fields W. Cobb, Jr. Douglas M. Crutchfield Patrick J. B. Duffy Joseph E. Peters Kirk P. Rodgers Jack A. Rose Class of 1957 Sheldon Greene Benjamin F. Hoffman Gertrude E. Huntington George W. Wendel

Class of 1958 Rolf W. Benseler Evar L. Knudtson Ernest A. Kurmes William G. Rogers II Friedrich Schilling, Jr. George R. Stephens, Jr. John P. Vimmerstedt Class of 1959 Richard H. Arps Hans T. Bergey Donald S. Girton Class of 1960 Evangelos J. Biblis Gregory Neil Brown Peter Robert Hannah Lee Herrington, Peter M. Huberth Jon P. Liles Robert D. McReynolds Kennard G. Nelson Robert Charles Nowack David H. Scanlon III Gerald R. Stairs Seijuro Uraki Class of 1961 William W. Alcorn Laurens K. Larson Normand Methot Lee N. Miller Robert C. Peters James A. Rollins R. Scott Wallinger Malcolm John Zwolinski Class of 1962 Roger P. Belanger Le Viet Du Gordon M. Heisler C.H. Anthony Little Charles N. Lowrie III Gyula Pech Lawrence O. Safford Robert C. Van Aken Carel L.H. Van Vredenburch John C. Zasada

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Class of 1963 Henry F. Barbour Robert C. Fisk* Philip O. Frazer Joseph W. Gorrell Edward M. Jager G. Andrew Larsen Yan Bohumil Linhart R Douglas S. Macdonald Robert N. Mowbray John K. Prescott Guy E. Sabin William Hulse Smith Class of 1964 Allan Richard Applegate Frank G. Bock, Jr. Gerald R. Conley Stephen J. Hanover Douglas A. MacKinnon Kenneth J. Mitchell Bradford W. Monahon George S. Nagle H. Phillip Sasnett Errol G. Sowers G. Wade Staniar Class of 1965 Hollis W. Barber, Jr. William Blankenship, Jr. Alan W. Haney Robert Philip Kreitler Roger W. Merritt Richard C. Schlesinger Guy L. Steucek Class of 1966 Edward A. Arens S. Gene Day Howard C. Dickinson, Jr. William G. Horn, Jr. James K. Lyle William J. Shirley Alden M. Townsend Class of 1967 Reginald B. Elwell, Jr. Gordon A. Enk Peter W. Ludwig A. Bradford Wyman

Class of 1968 Richard R. Buech Andrew L. Johnson Raymond J. Kordish Martin Lugus Peter L. Marks Claude H. O'Gwynn Hardy L. Pearce Donald G. Schall Class of 1969 Earle D. Bessey III Ah Chun Chu Diana Starr Cooper Harry L. Haney, Jr. David T. Harvey Gregory Alan Sharp Johannes G. Von Trapp Class of 1970 Whitney A. Beals John A. Bissonette Donn E. Critchell Joseph L. Horowitz Donald C. Hubert Mack H. Jenkins William A. Lansing Steven C. Maurice Wan Hin Ooi James H. Shaw Thomas L. Smith John F. Tinker Class of 1971 Joseph L. Deschenes Katharine B. Grantham Donald R. Korbobo Harold T. Nygren S. Tahir Qadri Alfred L. Scopp Douglas G. Sprugel Mary L. Standaert Class of 1972 George F. Ames Hedley W. Bond John M. Brink Gary W. Drobnack Robert A. Hart Helen Kim Jung-Ja S. Lee Francis P. Maroney

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Jerry M. Melillo David P. Miller Philip E. Nemir Priscilla P. Newbury William K. Newbury Richard Porterfield Thomas G. Robinson Matthew S. Rosen John C. Welker Stephen R. Wells Class of 1973 John D. Aber Mark J. Bagdon Lauren E. Brown John C. Cannon Robert H. Cashel Clyde H. Cremer Roy W. Deitchman Thomas J. Dunn, Jr. Deborah Brooks Hill Samuel G. Hopkins Thomas S. Kohlsaat Milos Krnajski-Jovic A. Dix Leeson, Jr. Dorothy S. McCluskey Roy Mendelssohn James E. Murphy Dennis R. Perham A. Mark Rasmussen Mary K. Reynolds Jeffrey J. Rhodes Ruth M. Shane Edward L. Spencer Kathryn Snider Stockwell Mark E. Triebwasser Ian H. Von Lindern

Evan S. Griswold Carol Stevenson Harlow Libby O. Hopkins Suzanne M. Kilner Patrick T. Lee Stephen M. Levy Hallie R. Metzger Christopher W. Murdoch Jacqueline S. Russell Douglas F. Ryan Stephen Shotland George B. Weir Arthur B. Weissman Class of 1976 Randolph B. Austin Thomas Barounis Susan D. Cooley Byron Luke Felde Bruce A. Fernald Joel S. Flagler Stuart L. Hart Kathleen M. Ligare John E. Lundquist Thomas M. Marino Kathleen McNamara John P. McTague M. Anne Peters Colin S. Peterson Alan F. Poole Virginia M. Reilly Eric E. See William E. Timko

Class of 1974 Catherine E. Badgley Frances Beinecke William G. Constable Charles H. Dauchy, Jr. Nancy F. Ehorn Andrew W. Ezell Leah K. Hair Leonard A. Lankford, Jr. Elizabeth H. Mikols Norman A. Noyes Katharine M. Preston Judith M. Stockdale Gordon G. Whitney Paul S. Wilson Bradford W. Wyche Henry A. F. Young

Class of 1977 Keith B. Aubry Edward A. Brotak Leon E. Bucher Javade Chaudhri Jonathan Falk William T. Glidden, Jr. Victor L. Gonzalez David E. Hall Steven P. Hamburg William A. Hanson Charles E. Hewett Peter S. Homann Pamela Kohlberg Andrew O. Melnykovych Howard S. Neufeld Joanne R. Polayes Robert C. Rooke, Jr. Joann P. Roskoski George C. Wheelwright Brooke Myers Wickham

Class of 1975 Jennifer Slade Belovsky Richard A. Brown Larry E. Burd Alyn Robinson Caulk Leslie N. Corey, Jr. John F. Dowd Anne S. Fege

Class of 1978 Carol A. Aubry Ellen K. Baum Edward O. Becker Rebecca E. Bormann William C. Davis Peter John Falco Robert S. Gipe

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Rosine W. Hall John R. Hoffnagle Catherine G. Hopper Patricia H. Korotky Bruce C. Larson Dora Yuen-Kie Lee Emly M. McDiarmid Michael D. Rees Regina M. Rochefort Kenneth L. Rosenbaum Thomas A. Rumpf Ralph C. Schmidt Loring La Barbera Schwarz Louise P. Sclafani Isabell Stransky-Berger C. Dana Tomlin David Wentworth Class of 1979 Clark S. Binkley Christopher N. Brown John A. Carey Dorothy K. Faulkner Neil Hendrickson Pierre Lafond Mrs. Patricia S. Leavenworth Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. Martha E. Okie Robert T. Perschel Marcia J.K. Peters Hope Pillsbury Elizabeth L. Rich Margaret N. Schneider Penelope C. Sharp Martha A. Tableman Vijay K. Verma Deane Wang Class of 1980 Natasha Atkins Susan M. Braatz Phillip Brylski Starling W. Childs II Robert D. Comer M. Thomas Hatley III Virginia F. Kearney David Kittredge, Jr. Thomas McHenry Thomas D. Mordecai Charles Nilon W. Kent Olson Kincaid Perot Curtis G. Rand Mrs. Frances M. Rundlett V. Alaric Sample Laura K. Snook Jane E.S. Sokolow Keith D. Stewart Steven H. Strauss Jean Tam Carol Zimmerman

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Class of 1981 Alan W. Belcher James M. Caffrey Amy L. Catterton-Janovsky Martha Davis John D. Echeverria Michael Ferrucci III Louise Richardson Forrest Thomas Gaman Thea Weiss Hayes Betsy Jewett Mrs. Susan Fitch Kelsey Priscilla Kellert Elizabeth D. Mullin Mark G. Racicot Gail K. Reynolds James R. Runyan Keith D. Tait David Allen Van Wie Carol E. Youell Class of 1982 Susan Becker-Jacob Michael Bell Sandra J. Blinstrubas Paula Daukas Michael P. Dowling Deborah Reichert Finley Steve C. Forrest Davis Hartwell Jacqueline K. Hewett Edward W. Ionata Thomas R. Jacob Robert J. Krumenaker Jonathan Kusel Phillip C. Lende, Jr. Keio Maeda Diane Mayerfeld Benjamin L. Niles Marie Z. Nolan Peter A. Quinby Daniel F. Reynolds Robert S. Ridgely Mrs. Hazel F. Tuttle Keith G. Waite Thomas James Walicki Nathaniel B. Whitcombe Class of 1983 Mary A. Arthur Susan M. Babcock Louis J. Bacchiocchi Stephen D. Blackmer Elizabeth A. Blair Stephen P. Broker Guillermo Castilleja John A. Duwaldt Domenic J. Forcella, Jr. Peter T. Hazlewood Richard M. Huber, Jr. Carol Kennedy Hearle Richard H. Odom, Jr. Jennifer Cross Peterson David E. Reeves

Denise Schlener Jim Daniel Serfis Elizabeth W. Swain Olaf Unsoeld Class of 1984 Alan C. Carey Thomas O. Crist Mrs. Barbara B. Dowd Shelley J. Dresser Frances F. Dunwell Rosemary N. Furfey Jennifer Haaser Mattei Randall H. Hagenstein Rose H. Harvey Leah V. Haygood Mark John Kern Peter B. Maxson Eva U. Muller A. Sharon Hamby O'Connor Bruce A. Phillips Norbert J. Riedy, Jr. Christopher W. Stecko Susan Huke Stein Nathan R. Williams Class of 1985 Brent Bailey Helen Ballew Richard L. Boyce Alexander R. Brash Ian R. Cameron Jane Ceraso Robert E. Clausi James S. Coleman John Nesbitt Conyngham Christopher M. Donnelly Mark Damian Duda Caroline S. Eliot Edward H. Elliman James J. Espy, Jr. Lynne Wommack Espy Deborah Fleischer James B. Friday Kathleen S. Friday David A. Gagnon Tara Gallagher Steven F. Jacovino Mark Jay Judelson Stephen J. Lowrey Catherine A. McConnell Lesley A. MorganThompson Jonathan W. Nute Molly Harriss Olson Cameron H. Sanders, Jr. Anne Sergeant David B. Steckel Whitney C. Tilt Mark J. Twery Henry L. Whittemore Stephen Young

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Class of 1986 Kenneth J. Andrasko, Jr. Peter P. Blanchard III David Max Braun Sarah L. Brichford Mark R. Dillenbeck Elliott L. Gimble Nan L. Jenks-Jay Nels C. Johnson Asmeen M. Khan Bruce H. Leighty Betsy Ann McGean Steve J. Miller Robert M. Moore Richard P. Reading Sarah Clark Stuart Robert E. Unsworth Caroline A. Woodwell Mohammed Nuruz Zaman

Class of 1990 Ramon Quintin Alfonso Catherine Bealle Statland Linda E. Behnken Mary Ann K. Boyer Christine LaPorte Gardiner Melissa M. Grigione Leslie J. Hudson Peter Taber Jenkins Peter Hobart Jipp Kristie N. Kapp Thomas Edward Kelsch Jonathan Martin Labaree Judy G. Olson Hicks Douglas Morgan Robotham Robert C. Russo Nicholas Raymond Simmons Susannah Beth Troner

Joshua G. Foster Mrs. Katharine Elsom Frohardt Jonathan A. Garen Molly G. Goodyear Lisa Christine Gustavsen Mrs. Kathleen M. Hooke Daniel H. Hudnut Margaret C. Holliday Kelly Dexter C. Mead Lois L. Morrison John M. Norwood Sarah Marie Risser Allan N. Shanfield Sara L. St. Antoine Eleanor J. Sterling Jefferson Wolfe Tone Anita Van Breda Margaret D. Williams

Class of 1987 Karl A. Beard Christie Anna Coon Kathleen Lake Shaw Pamela Manice Elizabeth Hyde Moore Melissa Paly Peter Cooper Pinchot Christopher E. Pratt Kathleen M. Rorison Joshua L. Royte Steven Taswell Edgar L. Vaughn Jonathan G. Wingerath

Class of 1991 Susan D. Brodie Margo L. Burnham J. Creed Clayton Jane Coppock Diane W. Duva James H.E. Fosburgh Helmut Gieben Jennifer Greenfeld Susan B. Hodgson Annette Huddle Joan B. Kelsch Douglas J. Lober Betsy W. Lyman Anne S. Marsh Geoffrey McGean Sarah J. Pick Peter T. Schuyler Richard D. Sloman Jennie Wood Sheldon

Class of 1994 Oliver D. Barton Mark T. Bryer Jane L. Calvin Eliza J. Cleveland Marlene B. Cole Javier L. Dominguez Christopher E. Filardi Stephanie R. Flack Catherine C. Garnett Cynthia W. Henshaw Harriet B. Honigfeld Lars Erik Kulleseid Elizabeth Hayes McGraw Michael D. Moffat W. Keith Moser Jennifer O'Hara Palmiotto Colleen C. Reid Luis A. Rivera-Cruz William A. Root IV Nicholas A. Shufro Donna R. Stauffer William E. Stevenson Eileen Cates Stone Graham L. Trelstad Jane M. Whitehill Jessica Bennett Wilkinson Theodore G. Wong

Class of 1988 Jennifer H. Allen Robin Gale Cash Peter Michael Connorton Anne Buckelew Cumming Eric Jay Dolin Pieter W. Fosburgh, Jr. Elizabeth Greer Anthony C. W. Irving Brian Roy Lockhart Heidi Margrit McAllister Carol Lewis Pease Cristin Gallup Rich Carlos Rodriguez-Franco Judy Lynn Stone Holly Page Welles Class of 1989 Jeffrey R. Bopp Anthony Boutard Susan M. Campbell Kate Elizabeth Heaton Julia P. McMahon Judith E. Moore John R. Potter, Jr. Allen Joseph Reilly, Jr. Dave Trynz Tobias James Chesnut Williams

* deceased

Class of 1992 Nicholas T. Bennett Anne E. Black Charles H. Collins Peyton C. Griffin Ayako O. Kurihara Lisa K. Lumbao Robin L. Maille Susan C. Peterson Joan Bresnan Popowics Susan L. Pultz Pamela Lichtman Reading Mary Rowen Susanne Schmidt James N. Sheldon Townsend S. Swayze Mitchell L. Tarnowski Staunton Williams, Jr. Class of 1993 Mary Christine Angelo Cynthia M. Barakatt Elana E. Cohen

Class of 1995 Ellen Tarrant Aikenhead Richard L. Blaylock Richard J. Bucchieri Lisa O. Fernandez Kerry Anne Fitzmaurice Marie J. Gunning Cassandra J. Hopkins A. Felton Jenkins III Heinrich Jessen Lindsey Brace Martinez Sarah A. McDaniel Adam Robert Moore Tetsuro Mori Thomas Berrigan Murray

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Ciara M. O'Connell Karalyn L. Replogle Colopy Harry Joseph Scott Kristen Margaret Steck Robin A. Wilcox-Cabanos Eve Witten Class of 1996 Thomas T. Ballantine John C. Barker Benjamin H. Becker David G. Casagrande Paulette S. Frank Elisabeth J. Grinspoon John S. Gunn Derek E. Halberg Christopher T. Hanson Jared J. Hardner Philip B. Huffman Namrita Kapur Stephen P. Keim Adrian Leighton William W. Martin Edmond D. McCarthy Rachel Husted O'Malley Thomas A. Poczkalski, Jr. Kathleen M. Schomaker Brent L. Sohngen Edward M. Walsh Antoinette V. Wannebo Ward T. Wickwire Rhonda K. Williams Luise A. Woelflein Class of 1997 Nancy Osterweis Alderman H. Casey Cordes Christina M. Cromley Bruner Ellen G. Denny David Lee Gaillard David L. Galt Jonathan Kohl Sally Tinker Milliken Wendy Naysnerski Morrison Astrid Ute Palmieri Tolan Doak Steele Darius S. Szewcza Mary L. Tyrrell Helene H. Wade Erik M. Wohlgemuth Class of 1998 Jeffrey Neal Adams Glenn Martin Allen Wendy Barber Taggart Nadine E. Block Claire M. Corcoran Tormod Dale Christopher M. Elwell Michelle G. Ernst Timothy Clarke Fritzinger Bruce W. Hammond

Megan A. Hammond Xinzhang Hu Vanessa K. Johnson Miranda M. Kaiser Dirk Ludwig Elliot E. Mainzer Keely B. Maxwell Kristin Morico Andrei L. Podolsky Evan L. Preisser Frances Raymond Price Andrew D. Richardson Brian J. Rod Manrique Rojas Araya Nathan J. Smallwood Anne M. St. John Joseph L. Taggart Brian C. Watson Class of 1999 Kirsten Prettyman Adams Jennifer R. Baxter Lena Brook Stephanie L. Campbell Elizabeth Bennett Carroll Nicole Smith Chevalier Andrea Cristofani Geurts Christopher B. Espy Jennifer M. Garrison Ross M. Anders Halverson Rachel C. Hampton, Andre Thierstein Heinz Erin L. Heitkamp Robert Jason Klee, Noah Paul Matson Jonathan D Meade Kathleen E. Miller Norris Zachary Muth Brian P. O'Malley William C. Price Rajini Ramakrishnan Eli Samuel Sagor Benjamin Jacob Silberfarb Laurel J. Stegina Sarah L. Tallarico Nam J. Zeon Class of 2000 Alethea Mariel T. Abuyuan Joyce K. Berry Maureen O. Cunningham Caroline Garrity Kuebler Christopher C. Lotspeich Katherin Marie McArthur Ashley Prout McAvey Heather Joy McGray Sarah J. Morath Anne Todd Osborn Jason Richard Patrick Dylan T. Simonds Gregory Frazier Socha Alice Jane Walker Harry Edward White Scott C. Williams

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Class of 2001 Elizabeth F. Baker Michael Anthony Benjamin Kerry Michele Cesareo Adam Sebastian Chambers Matthew Roberts Clark John Edward Daly Uromi L. M. Goodale Catherine Claire Guimond Peter John Hill Jesse D. Johnson Gregory C Jones Stephanie Hanna Jones Christian F. Kemos Pia Marili Kohler Barry Ross Muchnick Lech Lee Naumovich David W. Newcomer V Colin Casey O'Brien Valerie F. O'Donnell Michel Woodard Ohly Georgia Silvera Seamans Sasha Silver Anna Birgitta Viggh Bruce Eugene Westerman Joshua Henry Wilson Christian Joachim Wippermann Mark Harry Wishnie James Willard Woodworth, Jr. Class of 2002 Sherry Marin Altman Nikki Aronhalt Elizabeth Joy Ban Christian H. Binggeli Peter Jon Deschenes Erika Sloane Diamond Jill Elizabeth Ferguson Derik R. Frederiksen Molly Kate Giese Erin Wingfield Gray John Francis Homan IV Robin Kriesberg Timothy James Lasocki Elizabeth Robertson Levy Jennifer Morgan Linn John Pullman Longstreth Jay Thomas McLaughlin Laura Phyllis Meadors Yemeserach T. Megenasa Douglas C. Morton Christopher David Nelson John Woods Potter Nalini Sivapriya Rao Ramsay Michel Ravenel Shimako Takahashi Madeleine Renee Weil Adam Robert Wolfensohn R. Zampierollo-Rheinfeldt

* deceased

Class of 2003 Rebecca J. Bruhl Charles Andrew Brunton Nathaniel Webster Carroll Melanie Ann Cutler Katherine Lange Dolan William Michael Finnegan Olivia C. Glenn Brian S. Goldberg Oliver J. Grantham Peter Christopher Land Theodore Nicholas Lanzano Kelly E. Levin James Geoffrey Lucas Brenden Patrick McEneaney Florence G.B. Miller Timothy H. Northrop Marni L. Rapoport Elizabeth Naomi Shapiro Jay Wesley Shepherd Ninian Rebecca Rosa Stein Andrew Scott Winston Class of 2004 Keith Roland Bisson Elizabeth Bradford Borden Hahn-Ning Chou Heather Kaplan Coleman Claudia R. Coplein Ona S. Ferguson Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. Lisa Gomes-Casseres Kristen Holopainen Kimball Erin Foster Largay Amanda M. Mahaffey Christopher Seth Mahendra Brian Thomas Marcaurelle Elizabeth S. Mills Jennifer Lynne Molnar Shona Barton Quinn Christopher Cabell Riely Brynn Morrison Taylor Class of 2005 Ines Angulo Sarah Elizabeth Bendit Patrick Richard Burtis Sharifa Mansur Gulamhussein Jocelyn Eileen Hittle Po-Yi Hung Andrea Eleanor Johnson Melissa Andersen Kuskie Virginia Rheutan Lacy Sandra L. Lauterbach Emily Chapin Levin Michelle Eileen Lichtenfels Joseph Allan MacDougald Sarah Kay Matheson

Alexander Gilbert McIntosh Azalea Artemiza Mitch David Clark Sand Mitchell Michelle Murdock Jennifer Jane Ronk Amy Stevens Saar Victoria Mireille Thompson Ethan Hamill Winter Class of 2006 Aravinda Joy Ananda Mary K. Czarnecki Konstantine A. Drakonakis Wendy Francesconi Ross Paul Geredien Jose Gonzalo Griebenow Daniel H. Jones Kyle Elizabeth Jones Alder Keleman Deanna Lekas Lizas Melanie P. J. Loftus Christopher Ryan Meaney Krista A. Mostoller Tiffany McCormick Potter Alexis Eva Montalvo Ringwald Catherine Ann Schloegel Benjamin Aaron Shepherd Robert Mason Smith Kevin Martin Tidwell Xizhou Zhou Class of 2007 Terry Tyrone Baker Claudia Patricia Barrera Roderick Stewart Bates Richard Walter Campbell Linda Chhay Geballe Gordon Clement Clark Amanda Moss Cowan Christopher P. Craig Emily Dawn Enderle Beth Jamie Feingold Todd Michael Gartner David Richmond Griffith Shani S. Harmon Ruoting Jiang Charlotte Jerome Kaiser Maria Martin Rodrigues-Ovelleiro James Brian McConaghie Kathryn Joanne Neville Sarah Beth Percy Laura Beth Robertson Mackenzie S. Schoonmaker Deborah Chaplin Spalding Jinlong Wang Austin Flint Whitman Rachel Susan Wilson Tenley E. Wurglitz

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Class of 2008 Georgia Basso Joshua A. Berman Sara Bushey Ohrel Rayna Hake Caldwell Margaret Woolsey Carmalt Obidimma C. Ezezika Troy Derek Hill Frank Patrick Holmes III Kyle Kitson Meister John Whitney Nixon III Jennie Cross Nolon Ashley E. Roberts Jason Adam Weiner Class of 2009 Jenny Ace Alyssa Lee Arcaya Ariana Cummings Bain Panah Bhalla Katharine Elizabeth Boicourt Casey Crockett Brown Cindy Joan Chang Jeffrey Laurence Chatellier Bjorn Kalle Fredrickson Haley E Gilbert Eva Marianna Gladek Thomas M. James Max Holtzman Joel John D. Kaufman Jordan Evan Macknick Andre Mershon Kate Harrison Muchnick Anastasia R. O'Rourke Tristan James Peter-Contesse Caroline Elisabeth Raisler Judith Sy-Ying Wu Jack Alexander Yeh Class of 2010 Berkley Erin Adrio Daniella Aburto Valle Abigail Lee Adams Saalem Tilahun Adera Neda Arabshahi Sarah Catherine Bahan Jennifer A. Baldwin Lauren Margaret Barredo Luke Harbour Bassett Michael Jay Blazewicz Benjamin Z. Blom Martin Bouda Hugh Clement Addokwei Brown Jesse Brodie Burkhardt David Nathaniel Burns Peter Joseph Caligiuri Kate Carman Chelsea Megan Chandler Tamar Maia Cooper

Stella J. M. Cousins Meredith Anne Cowart Owen Edward David Marshall Douglas Duer-balkind Marlyse Corallo Duguid Ashley Elizabeth Duval Sarah E. B. Fierce Mary E. B. Fischer Eric Daniel Fournier J. Walter Freiberg IV Kathryn Anne Freund Thomas Stillwell Gibbons Zahid Ullah Hamdard Katie Marie Hawkes Frederica Maria-Rachel Helmiere Rachel Virginia Holmes Jacob R. Holzberg-Pill Adrian Corin Horotan Jacob O. Iversen Emily J. Jack-Scott Kasey Rae Jacobs Claire Martine Jahns Jordan Elisabeth Jobe Nathan Christopher Karres Kathayoon Azra Khalil Judith Lynne Logback Sarah A. Lowery William K. F. Lynam Lucy Kishemele Magembe Catherine E. Manzo Annie Marissa Matsler Heather Lee McCarthy Frances Claire Moore Stephanie Margaret Niall Gillian Sarah Paul Tyra Michelle Pendergrass Sabina Devi Pendse Huijia Phua Anna Ruth Pickett Fauziah Fakhrunnisa Rochman Fauna Samuel Meredith Jaye Sattler Erin Elizabeth Savage Elizabeth Anderson Scherer Stella Zucchetti Schons J. Michael Sesko Hsin Tien Shiao Jessica Rachel Siegal Monica Ann Skeldon Keith Malmot Stagg Zhao Tang Elizabeth Ayame Thomas Marian Ahn Thorpe John-Frederick Thye Christine J. Trac Kristin Carroll Tracz Meredith Sauvalle Trainor Debbie Sheng Wang

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Alexandra N. Whitney Seth Zeren Eva Tiffany Zlotnicka Current F&ES Students Adeyeye Adenike Andrew Breck Lauren Brooks Charlotta Chan Chris Cooke Adriane Mariah Cromer Julianne Baker Gallegos Alyssa Go Gabriel Bauchat Grant C. Walker Holmes Angel Hsu Yasmin Erboy Jason Lawhon Danielle Miley David Mitchell Charles Munford Grady Oshaughnessy David Parsons Mario M. Peixoto Netto Ana Perea Casey Scotford Pickett Kyle Poorman Rich Press Tina Schediner Claire Schlemme Blake Troxel Elizabeth Dickson Turnbull Steven Cristopher Williams Angela Yeh Friends Anonymous (22) Mr. & Mrs. Leland J. Adams, Jr. Myles H. Alderman Edward C. Armbrecht, Jr. Preston G. Athey Theodore I. Bahn Peter M. Baldwin Frank E. Ball Paul F. Balser Edmund Bartlett III David P. Bechtel Elizabeth G. Beinecke* Forrest C. Berkley Ann M. Bitetti Peter A. Bradford J. Alan Brewster Roger O. Brown Robert E. Buchanan Ray Burnham Francine Caplan Larry G. Chang Yan Chen George Chopivsky, Jr. Walter Cohn Leonard R. & Warren O. Collins

John E. Conrad, Jr. Peter B. Cooper Martha G. Dale Joanne DeBernardo Stuart M. DeCew Abigail E. Disney Strachan Donnelley* William Dornbos Daniel C. Edelson Jessica Edwards Christopher J. Elliman Thomas K. Emmons Frederick V. Ernst Daniel C. Esty Howell L. Ferguson Nancy E. Field Elizabeth Fisher Robert J. Fisher George T. Frampton, Jr. James B. Frankel Louise Untermyer Frankel Keoloha Freidenburg Rebecca Lee Funk Jon Gagliardi Gordon T. Geballe Murray Gell-Mann Eugenie I. Gentry Thomas E. Graedel Pierre N. Hauser II William Edward Hawkes* John R. Hesse Mrs. Alexander P. Hixon Dylan H. Hixon Joseph M. Hixon III John D. Hoffman, Jr., Mrs. David G. Huber Stewart J. Hudson Susan Hughes Jacqueline Collins Hullar John P. Hullar G. Johnson Stephen D. Kahn Steven C. Kany Randall M. Katz Richard L. Kauffman J. Walter Keady, Jr. Mary E. Keady John B. Kirby, Jr. Stephen R. Koch William C. Kunkler III Henry Kwan Joanne V. Landau Elisabeth W. Lane Joyce E. Laudise Richard H. Lawrence, Jr. Matthew J. LeBlanc Sabrina R. LeBlanc Reid J. Lifset David S. Litman Silas Little III Rui Liu Henry Lord John McCall MacBain

Donald S. McCluskey Karen L. McDonald Julia Serody Meisel Josephine A. Merck Preston R. Miller, Jr. Arthur N. Milliken George G. Montgomery, Jr. Wendell A. Mottley Robert Narracci John E. Neill Reverend Albert P. Neilson Caroline P. Niemczyk Marne Obernauer, Jr. Gilman Ordway Alexandra Orsola-Vidal Stephen Petruska Carl S. Pike Stephen F. Poland Matthew Ramlow Edward R. Ranney William K. Reilly Thomas J. Riley Scott Rumage Kim Samuel-Johnson David T. Schiff John S. Scurci Rachel Shorey Sarah O. Shrewsbury Mark Siciliano Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff David J. Simon Donald F Smith Jr. J. Gustave Speth, Jr. Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr. Nelson S. Talbott Stephen C. Thomson Stirling Tomkins, Jr. Louis Tresselt Nell W. Twining Gilford Buchanan Walker Cecil Wang William D. Waxter III Susan Wells Joseph H. Williams Robert H. Williams Lee Wilson Lyndel J. Wishcamper G. Van Velsor Wolf Corporations, Foundations & Organizations Allied Advertising Agency The Aluminum Association American Forest Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Association for Iron & Steel Tech. Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation Biophilia Foundation

Center for International Forestrey Research (CIFOR) Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Compton Foundation Computer Sciences Corp Conservation International Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Energy Foundation Federal Express Corporation General Electric Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Germeshausen Foundation, Inc. Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment Greatwall Enterprise Institute Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Hawaii Community Foundation Heinz Family Foundation Hull's Art Supply & Framing IMDO Group (Australia) Property Ltd. International Paper Foundation John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Johnson Family Foundation The Kendeda Fund John McCall Macbain Foundation McCormick Foundation MeadWestvaco Corporation Mianus River Gorge Preserve Moses Feldman Family Foundation New York Community Trust The Nickel Institute Perkins & Will Pfizer Corporation Rockefeller Family Fund Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Samuel, Son & Co., Limited The Schmidt Family Foundation, 11th Hour Project SNV Netherlands Development Organization

Although we have made every effort to recognize everyone who has generously contributed in support of the students and programs at F&ES, we apologize if any name has been inadvertently omitted.

Surdna Foundation TERI University UOP LLC VeruTek Technologies, Inc. V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation Wege Foundation The Weyerhaeuser Company William & Flora Hewlett Foundation The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation The Wyss Foundation

class notes 1942 Dick Jorgenson, D.F. ’54, writes: “Crock [Atkinson] is going west to observe elk hunting and wishing it was fall in Pennsylvania so he could go for his deer.” 1948 Class Secretary Francis Clifton [email protected] Francis Clifton writes: “This summer I spent two weekends camping in north Georgia’s Vogel State Park. I saw white pine and hemlock trees for the first time since I left New Haven in 1948. The park has oldgrowth sweet gum, yellow poplar, white pine and hemlock trees ranging up to three feet and more in diameter, with heights over 100 feet.” n Richard Hale writes: “I ran my own sawmill for 10 years and was a sawmill consultant for eight years. From 1966 to 1990, I taught wood products processing at the University of Maine’s College of Forestry. In retirement I have taken a special interest in forest history and consulting; I am a certified sawyer; and I moved in 2008 to Bethel, Maine, to be near my daughter and two young granddaughters, and I have been working here with the local historical society.” n George Hindmarsh writes: “I’m in Punta Gorda, Fla. I had two grandchildren get married in late June and mid-July, one in Oswego, N.Y., and the other in Berkeley, Calif. So for three weeks I just traveled.” n Steve Pryce writes: “We have sold the house and retreated to a retirement facility—Belmont Village, Cardiff-by-theSea, Calif.”

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1953 Class Secretary Stanley Goodrich [email protected] Oakleigh Thorne writes: “I have been on the external board of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies for three years and look forward to being on the F&ES Leadership Council in the future, representing the Yale Conservation Program years (1950-1960) under Dr. Paul Sears. Our Thorne Ecological Institute is in its 56th year connecting kids to nature.” 1954 Class Secretary Richard Chase [email protected] Pausolino Martinez writes: “I am a professor at the University of Guayana (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela). I’m planning to retire after 25 years of service.” 1955 Patrick Duffy writes: “The highlight this year was volunteering (with 25,000 others) on the 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympic Games. My daughter Anne was in charge of the sustainability file for the games and was pleased to see the testimonial of Leif Linden ’10 on the F&ES website. My work with the FAO regional office for Eastern Europe and Mid-Asia, adapting agriculture to climate change, wound down with meetings in October in Budapest and Sopron, Hungary.”

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1958 Class Secretary Ernest Kurmes [email protected] Herster Barres writes: “This year the UNFCCC climate change program that I manage converted 25 acres of pastures to forests in Costa Rica. This brings the total of carbon-offset research forests to 325 acres sponsored by 90 U.S. donors.” [email protected] n Rolf Benseler writes: “I enjoy retirement as an emeritus professor, California State University, East Bay. I’m involved in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the CSU East Bay campus, where I take German courses. I’ve cut back on involvement in North American and European hunting dog clubs and activities, as well as travel, though I did a quickie to southern Germany in May for a family reunion.” 1959 Class Secretary Hans Bergey [email protected] Don Girton writes: “We live on our 90-acre family tree farm, where we have been since my retirement 25 years ago from the Forest Service national office. We have a small choose-and-cut Christmas tree operation. Two years ago my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It certainly has been a challenge; I am the primary caregiver.” 1962 Class Secretary Larry Safford [email protected] Gyula (Julius) Péch writes: “I worked for the Canadian Forest Service for 35 years, studying forest meteorology in different laboratories across Canada, including the

Forest Fire Research Institute. During that time I completed all requirements for a doctoral candidacy at Duke.” n Brian Turner, D.F. ’65, writes: “I was a professor of forestry and co-director of the Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources at the Pennsylvania State University School of Forest Resources. In 2002 I became involved in climate change research and consulted for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I also assist in editing the Australian Forestry Journal, and I do community work with Canberra Prisoners Aid and other human rights organizations.” 1963 Class Secretary James Boyle [email protected] Ramon Echenique-Manrique, D.F. ’67, writes: “I am founder of a microenterprise, MECMA, where we sell lumber and wood products and build wood structures of various sorts. I also am a consultant to the Southern Forest Products Association.” n Yan Linhart writes: “I spent 39 years on the faculty of the University of Colorado, Boulder, where I taught and did research in genetics, ecology, evolution and tropical biology. I have retired, but I continue my studies of the evolutionary dynamics of various species, including ponderosa pine, thyme and their parasites.” 1970 Class Secretary Whitney Beals [email protected] J.A. Bissonette writes: “I taught a threeweek course in landscape ecology at the University of Freiburg in Germany in November at the invitation of my colleague Prof. Ilse Storch, with whom I have edited

two books, Landscape Ecology and Resource Management: Linking Theory with Practice and Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology: Wildlife Responses to Variable Resources.” n Rick Matheny writes: “For nearly 34 years I’ve served as the director of public health for the Farmington Valley Health District, a 10-town area that encompasses the majority of the watershed of the Farmington River in Connecticut. I recently rotated off of the board of directors of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the last four years of which I was on the executive committee. I served a two-year term as president of the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health and for five years was a special consultant to the board of scientific counselors of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.” n Bill Parker writes: “I have been at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for 35 years, teaching courses in forest genetics, dendrology and plant taxonomy.” 1973 Class Secretary Roy Deitchman [email protected] John Aber, Ph.D. ’76, writes: “I served four years as vice president for research at University of New Hampshire and returned to the faculty in 2007. I am a professor and provost there.” n Ian von Lindern, Ph.D. ’80, has been in Idaho and in the same country home for 27 years. He has a large garden and plays noontime basketball. He started TerraGraphics with Margrit von Braun in 1984 and they married shortly thereafter. Now with 140 offspring businesses in four states and six offices, they do hazardous waste, mine and brownfield cleanups, salmon habitat restoration and lake and stream reclamation.

1974 Len Lankford writes: “Our Greenleaf Forestry enterprise is supplying materials for pergolas and other unique wood products nationwide. Clyde Cremer ’73 has helped with planning our beetle kill in pine and southern Douglas fir boards in Pueblo West.” www.greenleafforestry.com. n R.A. Lautenschlager writes: “I am chair of NatureServe Canada. My next CD will be a collection of environmental songs and will likely be titled Mama (Songs for Mother Earth).” n Katharine Preston and her husband, John Bingham, live on a 110-acre farm in the Champlain Valley of New York overlooking the Adirondack Mountains. A small wind generator and solar array reduce their carbon footprint. Katharine writes and guest preaches about the nexus between faith and the environment and the justice issues surrounding climate change. [email protected] 1975 Helen Waldorf writes: “This summer I went to Cuba with the Yale Alumni Chorus. Cubans are highly interested in climate change, as they stand to lose about 25 percent of their country to the ocean in 30 years. I suggest we appeal to the Treasury Department to do an environmental exchange mission with Cuba. Email me with your ideas.” [email protected] 1976 35th Reunion Year Tom Barounis writes: “I had a marvelous time at reunion weekend in May chatting with the Class of 1975, including Evan Griswold ’75, and other alumni.” n Roger Clark is the air and energy director for the Grand Canyon Trust, a nonprofit conservation advocacy group based in Flagstaff, Ariz. He writes: “We’re investing in photovoltaic systems and jobs in electrifying some of the

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classnotes 18,000 off-grid homes on tribal lands and doing our part to stop global warming. We just did a traditional agave roast with Hualapai and Havasupai elders and will be doing a round dance on the rim of the Grand Canyon to protest uranium mining. PBS recently broadcast a documentary about some of our environmental justice work.” powerpaths.semkhor.com n Philip Conkling writes: “The Island Institute, which I founded in 1983, helped sponsor the installation of three GE 1.5megawatt wind turbines on Vinalhaven, an island 12 miles off the Maine coast.” n John (“Riv”) Echeverria joined the Vermont Law School faculty in 2009 and was granted tenure in April. He previously served for 12 years as executive director of the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute at the Georgetown University Law Center. n Stuart Hart is the S.C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management, where he founded the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. The third edition of his best-selling book, Capitalism at the Crossroads, was published this year. n Sally Hasted writes: “I teach special education, and this fall I began a full-time job at a new school, teaching as much environmental and field science as possible. My husband, Jack, survived a bout with colon cancer four years ago, and his fiveyear surgery milestone is January 31.” n Collin Peterson writes: “My wife, Sandy, and I entertained Bill Timko and his wife, Pam, in July. I was one of four Knights of Columbus from our local council to win a record four state awards at a recent state convention!”

1978 Class Secretaries Susan Curnan [email protected] Marie Magleby [email protected] Regina Rochefort [email protected] Tom Rumpf writes: “My wife, Annee Tara, and I went sailing in Croatia last autumn under the watchful eye of Captain Bob Gipe and his wife, Betsy, and crew members Andrew Schwarz and Loring Schwarz. The two-week sailing adventure in the Croatian isles along the Dalmation coast included stops at the islands of Solta, Brac, Hvar and Korcula (reputed home to Marco Polo) and a visit to the walled city of Dubrovnik.”

1977 Class Secretary James Guldin [email protected] Sharon Friedman is a regional planning director and the general climate change coordinator in the Rocky Mountain Region for the Forest Service. She writes: “Martin Nie of the University of Montana and I started a blog called A New Century of Forest Planning that covers a great many Forest Servicerelated topics.” ncfp.wordpress.com/ n Tim Glidden writes: “I’ve recently been sworn in as the acting director of the Maine state

1979 Class Secretary John Carey [email protected] Charlotte Belser is living in a retirement community in Hanover, N.H., and spending part of the summer at her home in Guilford, Vt. She’s enjoying the theater and other cultural events in Hanover, as well as taking courses at Dartmouth. n Chris Brown is director of the Forest Service’s Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers program. n John Carey, after 21 years of writing about science, medicine and the environment for

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planning office. This assignment is in addition to my ongoing responsibilities with the Land for Maine’s Future Program.” n Evan Koslow writes: “I have worked in nearly every imaginable technology— chemistry, filtration, renewable energy, electronics, informatics, software, fibers, resins, beverage carbonators, defense systems and more—and also operate a venture capital operation out of both Canada and the United States.” [email protected] n Denise Mitten is the chair of the graduate program in adventure education at Prescott College in Arizona. She spent time with Tim Hawley and his family in Middletown, Conn. She also ran into Steve Hamburg in August at the Ecological Society of America conference in Pittsburgh, where she gave a paper about environmental action through academic service learning.

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BusinessWeek, took a buyout in March to become a freelance writer and editor. n Vicki LaFarge is the department chair of management at Bentley University. n Pat (Scanlon) Leavenworth is in Washington, D.C., at USDA headquarters. She writes: “I was acting director of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach, a new office authorized in the 2008 farm bill.” n Gary Machlis, Ph.D., is a science advisor to the director of the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. He is also leading a science team working on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see story, page 17), as well as co-leading an international effort to help rebuild science capacity in Haiti. n Betsy Rich teaches at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. n Penni Sharp is an independent consultant, mostly doing wetland evaluations, wetland monitoring and open space inventories. She volunteers for the New England Plant Conservation Program, monitoring rare and endangered plant species in Connecticut; is co-chair of the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group; and is the field trip chair of the Connecticut Botanical Society. n Martha Tableman writes: “I have been the open space coordinator for Clear Creek County, comprised predominantly of canyons, mountains, rock outcroppings and forests. Recently we bought 76 acres in Clear Creek Canyon, a key link in the greenway that will cross Colorado, and built a whitewater park for kayakers and rafters.” n Jeanne Wong-Boehm writes: “I live in Cape Cod next to a pond and close to 100 acres of private conservation land with my husband, Bruce. I serve on the boards of the town Conservation Commission and the Community Preservation Committee.” 1980 Class Secretary Sara Schreiner-Kendall [email protected] Natasha Atkins is doing freelance science writing and editing and just finished up a big project with USGS, which has a new Center for Climate Change and Wildlife Science. She is working on an article for the Ecological Society of America, translating a fairly technical paper on bioenergy landscapes for a lay audience. n Susan Braatz is the forests and climate

change officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome. In 1991 she became the agroforestry and land use officer and a forest policy officer, and in 2004 she coordinated a regional project for forestry rehabilitation following that year’s Indian Ocean tsunami. n Phil Brylski has a 4-month-old baby and lives in Irvine, Calif. n Bob Burke lives in Vermont, where he and his wife, Deb Burke ’79, run a forestry and log-grading business. n Starling “Star” Childs is deeply rooted in the Norfolk, Conn., woods, where every August since 1991 he dons his Yale Forestry hat and teaches the land measurement and mapping module for incoming students at Great Mountain Forest. He is director of Connwood Foresters and the Connecticut Forest and Park Association and is president of the Berkshire Litchfield Environment Council. He also is chair of the external advisory board of the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry at F&ES. n Bob Comer resides in the foothills of Colorado. He did four stints in D.C., including service as a political appointee at the Department of the Interior during the Bush administration. He practices natural resource and environmental law with the firm of Faegre and Benson. n Chuck Dvorsky is a senior natural resource specialist for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, where he is coordinating the development and operation of a network of continuous water quality monitoring stations. www.texaswaterdata.org n Janet Hess is the series editor of the longrunning Nature series on PBS, produced by WNET in New York. She produced a feature documentary called The Legend of Pale Male about the red-tailed hawk nesting above Central Park. n Tricia Johnson writes: “I work at Common Ground High School, an environmentally focused, urban charter high school in New Haven. I teach both AP environmental science and biodiversity.” n Rick Kelley writes: “I have developed a number of companies, including Ranger Resource, which is cutting trees, managing land and working on a number of alternative energy projects in New York and Vermont, and one that is involved in the development of resource recovery plants.” n Dave Kittredge, Ph.D. ’86, has been the extension forester at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1987. He leads the undergraduate forestry program and teaches classes in timber harvesting and

conservation. His extension work involves him in educational programs for foresters, woodland owners, communities and nonprofit organizations. n Chris Lafarge is now on his seventh startup, this time in medical devices. His wife of 26 years, Vicki (Van Steenberg) ’79, is a professor and department chair at Bentley University. n Ellie Lathrop works for Weyerhaeuser Co. on the St. Helens Tree Farm. She manages commercial thinning operations. n Mike Lavigne writes: “I work for the Canadian Forest Service and do research on ecosystem processes. My research focuses on impacts of and adaptation to climate change. I contribute to a national research network led by classmate Hank Margolis, investigating the role of disturbances in carbon cycling.” n Tom McHenry is busy with his law practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles, where he works on a variety of environmental matters, including hazardous waste management and air and water quality. He teaches environmental law and policy at Claremont McKenna College. He remains active in fundraising for F&ES and chairs the Sand County Society (donors above $1,000) and the Annual Fund (raised $300,000-plus last year). n Tom Mordecai writes: “For 20 years I have been a missionary with Pioneers. I have served in 15 countries in just about any capacity you can imagine. I have been part of a church planting team in Indonesia, helped run refugee camps in Albania, was director of an English school in Lebanon, did counseling and mediating in Africa and blazed trails in the jungle with a machete.” n Charlie Nilon is a professor at the University of Missouri. He writes: “My research and teaching consider the impact of urbanization on wildlife habitats, populations and communities. Since 1997 I’ve been a co-principal investigator of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study.” n Ken Olson retired in 2006 after 31 years in nonprofit management, including 21 years as CEO at three organizations—The Nature Conservancy (Connecticut), American Rivers (Washington, D.C.) and Friends of Acadia (Bar Harbor, Maine). He was given EPA’s highest grassroots honor, the Environmental Merit Award. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine and an honorary degree from College of the Atlantic for “outstanding contributions to human ecology.”

n Kinny Perot is active in land use and environmental issues in the Mad River Valley, served two terms with distinction in the Vermont Legislature and has long-term plans to live off the grid. n Curtis Rand is a forester in northwest Connecticut and was recently re-elected first selectman of Salisbury, Conn. He teaches an introductory course in forest science at the Salisbury School for Boys. n Ruben Rangel is a health physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He interacts with managers and workers at the laboratory and the Department of Energy to make sure that workers are protected from workplace radiation exposure. n Linda Kasper Reed writes: “I divide my time as a paralegal between labor, school law and land use law issues, and I also do some occasional freelance work.” n Fran Rundlett writes: “I am semiretired from consulting, but I teach at Georgia State part time.” n Al Sample, Ph.D. ’89, has served as president of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation in Washington, D.C., since 1995. He is a fellow of the Society of American Foresters and a research affiliate at F&ES. He is author of numerous research papers, articles and books on topics in national and international natural resource policy and environmental policy. His most recent book is Common Goals for Sustainable Forest Management: Divergence and Reconvergence of American and European Forestry, co-edited with Steven Anderson. n Sara Schreiner-Kendall is the vice president of environment, health and safety at Weyerhaeuser Co., where she has worked for nearly 25 years. She manages all the environmental and health and safety functions in the company, as well as leading initiatives on climate change and sustainability. n Susan Shen is with the World Bank in Washington D.C. She was part of the environment and natural resources group working on East Asia and the Pacific Region, but now she is at the corporate level working on the reform of that institution. n Laura Snook, D.F. ’93, writes: “Jim Thorne, Ph.D. ’85, recently visited Rome, spending time with residents Suey Braatz and me. I’m at Bioversity International, and in July I initiated a new forest research project in the dry miombo woodlands of northern Mozambique. Before the end of the year I will be launching another project in the humid African forests of Cameroon, Gabon and Congo.”

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classnotes n Jane Sokolow is involved in community zoning, parks, open space and green issues in New York City and New York state. She serves on the boards of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Friends of Beaverkill Community, Hudsonia, Metro Forest Council and the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality. n Marty Steele is chief lending officer for Boston Private Bank & Trust. The challenge is revitalizing a small community bank in the wake of the financial crisis. He plays guitar in a band with Phil Bednarski ’82. n Keith Stewart writes: “I grow organic vegetables, herbs, fruit, Christmas trees— whatever will bring in a dollar. My book, It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life, is now out in a new, expanded and updated edition.” n Steven Strauss is director of Oregon State University’s Tree Biosafety and Genomics Research Cooperative, a university, public agency and industry consortium that is conducting research on the biosafety and physiology of genetically engineered trees used in plantation forestry and horticulture. n Linda Suhgers lives in Old Saybrook, Conn., where she runs a health care business and is active in supporting environmental causes. n Jim Thorne, Ph.D. ’85, facilitates conservation planning, research and education for the Natural Lands Trust, a 60-person regional land trust in the Philadelphia region. n Carol Zimmermann, Ph.D. ’81, writes: “I work for Battelle Memorial Institute, leading intelligent transportation systems. Some of my work has intersected with national parks and other public lands.” 1981 30th Reunion Year Class Secretaries Fred Hadley [email protected] Gail Reynolds [email protected] Louise Richardson Forrest lives in Bozeman, Mont. Her daughter Caitlin graduated from Vassar and is heading to L.A. to make movies, and her other daughter, Samantha, is at Bates. n Amy Nurick McCoy breeds and raises nationally recognized show ponies on her Champlain Isle Farm in northern Vermont. She and her husband, Randy, also have a tissue culture lab

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specializing in virus-indexed woody crops and in diseases of tropical palm tree crops. n Olufemi Olaleye writes: “I am a senior lecturer at Bowen University in Nigeria, where I teach forestry and environmental management courses.” n Kathy Parker, Ph.D. ’85, has established a new company, J.K. Parker Photography, which specializes in macrophotography of nature. She was part of a group exhibition at Marji Gallery in Santa Fe, with a series of photographs of insects (most less than a half-inch in size) titled “Form or Fashion.” n Mark Plotkin received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore. Mark and his colleagues at the Amazon Conservation Team have partnered with 32 Amazonian tribes to map, manage and improve protection of over 70 million acres of ancestral rainforest. He received the 2010 Global Leadership Award from the Jane Goodall Institute in recognition of his entrepreneurial work protecting the Amazonian rainforest. n Gail (Kalison) Reynolds writes: “My husband, Dan Reynolds ’82, and I dropped our son off at the University of Vermont to begin his freshman year.” n Lisa Speer has worked on oceans at NRDC for 27 years. n Keith Tait is the environment, health and safety director at SUNY Plattsburgh and is a board member of Protect the Adirondacks, an advocacy and conservation group. 1982 Class Secretaries Barbara Hansen [email protected] Kenneth Osborn [email protected] Michael Dowling is working with Bio-Logical Capital, a Denver-based sustainable development company, to develop a North American acquisition strategy and a new website for the company. [email protected]; www.biologicalcapital.com n Tim Gregoire, Ph.D. ’85, writes: “In August I taught a short course in Sweden on applied statistics for foresters, which was based on the 2008 Gregoire & Valentine textbook Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment. In June I attended the 2010 Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission meeting in Thimphu, Bhutan. At a satellite meeting on national forest inventories I presented

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details of the inventories of Bhutan, which I am helping to design and implement.” n Dave Hartwell teaches history at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine. Both he and his wife have law degrees and are active in the Episcopal Church. n Marie Nolan writes: “I have been a project manager at the Green Engineer in Concord, Mass., for the last three years, providing sustainabledesign advice and managing the LEED certification process for green buildings.” [email protected] 1983 Class Secretary Stephen Broker [email protected] Daniel Fort invites FE&S alumni to learn more about the Virginia Commonwealth University Inger and Walter Rice Center near Richmond, Va., a field station and research facility. www.vcu.edu/rice/ n Dave Loeks founded Haven TimberHomes two years ago, manufacturing innovatively designed and engineered structures in Lac La Hache, B.C. The buildings use cants salvaged from the massive mountain pine beetle infestation that has devastated central British Columbia. www.haventimberhomes.com 1984 Class Secretaries Therese Feng [email protected] Roberta Tabell Jordan [email protected] Shere Abbott was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in April 2009 as the associate director of environment under John Holdren, assistant to the U.S. president for science and technology. She runs the global change research program and is co-chairing the interagency Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability with F&ES professor Paul Anastas, who is chief scientist at the EPA. She leads the U.S. delegation to the IPCC. 1986 25th Reunion Year Tom Duffus writes: “This summer I competed in the World Bagpipe Band Championships in Scotland. I didn’t make the finals. This followed closing the largest conservation easement deal in Minnesota history—

188,000 acres. I am into my second year as a commissioner on the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.” 1987 Class Secretaries Christie Coon [email protected] Melissa Paly [email protected] Yoel Seton writes: “I am director of a company offering study tours of Israel. Sustainability continues to be a major interest. Those from ’86 to ’89 will remember me as Joel Seton. I changed my first name to Yoel, the original Hebrew spelling and pronunciation, when I immigrated to Israel five years ago.” n Eric Schenck works with Ducks Unlimited in Illinois, with responsibility for delivering conservation projects across the state. He crosses paths with Tom Duffus ’86. 1988 Class Secretaries Diane Stark [email protected] Philip Voorhees [email protected] Holly Welles [email protected] Heidi McAllister is the assistant director of conservation education at the U.S. Forest Service. n Cristin Rich writes: “My current connection to environmental work is through my local planning and zoning commission and appreciating life in Salisbury, Conn.” 1989 Class Secretary Jane Freeman [email protected] C.J. May has been recycling coordinator at Yale since graduating in 1989. He uses his love of magic to perform the “Recycling is Magic” show as Cyril the Sorcerer and while at work to make recycling orientation sessions more interesting. He is drafting text for Sustainability Outreach Through the Magical Arts, a guide for magicians and educators. [email protected] n Laurie (Reynolds) Rardin writes: “I am the

research translation coordinator for the Toxic Metals Research Program at Dartmouth College, which is federally funded through an NIH grant.” n Dawn (Amato) Gelderloos runs her own company, Real Life Works, in Boulder, Colo. She is a professional development coach for corporations and coaches executives in the area of leadership development. She also specializes in relationship and family coaching. 1990 Class Secretaries Judy Olson Hicks [email protected] Carolyn Anne Pilling [email protected] Catherine Bealle and Larry Statland live in Victoria, B.C. She writes: “We are surrounded by native trees, plants, barred owls, woodpeckers and deer. We look forward to getting active in helping to restore the great urban green space in our new neighborhood.” [email protected] n Seema Bhatt writes: “I am based in New Delhi, India, and am an independent consultant on issues relating to biodiversity, climate change and ecotourism in South Asia.” seemabhatt-ecotourism.blogspot.com n Peter Jipp writes: “I spent a couple of weeks this summer in the Adirondacks and Green Mountains of Vermont with family and friends. I’m back in Bangkok, working with government counterparts in projects dealing with forestry, forest law enforcement, carbon finance, conservation and land titling.” n Christine Laporte writes: “I am the regional program coordinator on coastal projects at the University of Georgia Marine Sciences.” [email protected] n Marco Lowenstein and his family live in Albuquerque. He buys and sells wood from Latin America and keeps his hand in a few sustainable forestry projects. n Mary Miller lives and works at her family’s ranch in Arizona. She is also active in conservation. www.elkhornranch.com 1993 Class Secretaries Dean Gibson [email protected] Molly Goodyear [email protected]

Heather Merbs [email protected] Jamison Suter writes: “I work in environmental management and community relations with BHP Billiton Iron Ore on its West African mine development projects, particularly in the Republic of Guinea and Liberia.” 1994 Class Secretaries Jane Calvin [email protected] Cynthia W. Henshaw [email protected] Jane Whitehill [email protected] Jane Calvin is a certified fundraising executive, which she applies to her ongoing work as executive director of the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust. n Sherry Login writes: “In May I returned to work part time at Con Edison in New York City after 18 months of maternity leave.” n Lindsey Martinez writes: “I’m the head of global client service and relations at Cambridge Associates in Boston. I’ve been volunteering with the New England Forestry Foundation and joined the Quebec-Labrador Foundation advisory board.” n Nick Shufro is a director with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Sustainability & Climate Change practice, focused on carbon and water accounting. n Ken Snyder writes: “I lead PlaceMatters, a nonprofit specializing in the tools used to help communities make informed decisions about sustainability and land use.” n William Stevenson writes: “I manage lakes and ponds for invasive and nuisance plants throughout New England, having purchased Lycott Environmental.” [email protected] n Fabio Vancini writes: “I was elected to the global board of directors of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals and am on the advisory board of V-360.org. I’m working for the economics and privatization department of a large international consulting group.” n Jessica Wilkinson and family are enjoying life in Amherst, Mass., particularly seeing more F&ES classmates—Ken Pruitt ’95, Jane Calvin and Buzzie Hayes ’95.

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classnotes 1996 15th Reunion Year Class Secretaries Kathryn Pipkin [email protected] Julie Rothrock [email protected] Ali Jalili and his family have recently moved to Bangkok, a welcome change from Moscow. He writes: “I am studying Thai. Next year, I will work on law enforcement cooperation issues.” [email protected] n Alison Ormsby returned from seven months in India as a Fulbright-Nehru Research Scholar studying sacred forests. She was on sabbatical from teaching at Eckerd College, where she is an associate professor of environmental studies. n Anne Reynolds writes: “I’m assistant commissioner for policy and planning at the Department of Environmental Conservation in New York.” n Kath Schomaker is serving her third term on the Hamden, Conn., legislative council. She took the summer off to spend time in the garden, do some regional traveling and attend a family reunion in Ohio with Augustin. In late August her job search got under way in earnest, with a focus on the emerging green jobs sector in New Haven County. Any classmates who want to begin plotting a Class of ’96 party for the next F&ES alumni reunion can get in touch. [email protected] 1997 Class Secretary Paul Calzada [email protected] Christina (Cromley) Bruner, Ph.D. ’02, writes: “I gave birth to my first child, Steven Nicolas Bruner, on March 11. I’m enjoying my maternity leave hanging out with him!” n Jon Kohl has co-founded a nongovernmental organization called Querencia Experimental Center for Carbon Neutral Communities, which aims to research and share strategies for carbon neutrality. Both are based in Costa Rica. www.jonkohl.com n Mary Tyrrell writes: “I ran into Tom Medeiros ’78 at the Appalachian Mountain Club August Camp in Beaverfoot Valley, B.C. We discovered that we both grew up in Fall River, Mass., and are probably the only two people from Fall River to end up at F&ES.”

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1998 Class Secretaries Nadine Block [email protected] Claire Corcoran [email protected] Pascal Collotte writes: “I am leading the coordination of research and innovation for the Directorate General (DG) for Transport (MOVE) as part of the European Commission. This entails working at a strategic level to shape the future of the green transportation modes in line with the stringent political goals set for Europe for 2020.” n Claire Corcoran writes: “This summer I wrapped up another contract with the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program for a conservation planning product called BioMap 2. I had a fun time reconnecting this summer with Kristen Clothier ’01 through the Lakes Region Conservation Trust in New Hampshire.” n Jessica (Hamburger) Davenport writes: “Michael Davenport and I were married in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, on July 31. Vanessa Johnson from our class was my maid of honor. Mike and I live in Oakland, Calif., and I’m working on adaptation to sea level rise as a planner at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Mike is the founder and director of Magic Jester Theater in Oakland, where we both perform improvisational theater.” n Elizabeth Gardner writes: “I have moved back to my hometown of Shreveport, La., to join the Louisiana Teaching Fellows, teaching environmental science and chemistry in a high-needs high school. I deal with many of the well-known classroom challenges: lack of supplies, economic and academic impoverishment, no textbooks and large class sizes.” n Vanessa Johnson was hired by the land trust Essex County Greenbelt Association under executive director Ed Becker ’78. Based on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Greenbelt is a highly successful, 50-year-old organization. The office is on a salt marsh, and she hears birds and the wind in the trees through her office windows. n Brad Kahn works at Pyramid Communications in Seattle, where he is helping the Forest Stewardship Council build support for credible third-party certification. n Jessica Lawrence writes: “My husband, Shawn Sullivan, and I celebrated

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the birth of our daughter Zoe in June. I am a researcher with Earthjustice’s International Program. I recently coordinated petitions on behalf of conservation groups in Montana and British Columbia that urged the U.N. World Heritage Committee to oppose mountaintop coal mining in the headwaters of the Flathead River that flows into Glacier National Park. British Columbia has now banned mining in the watershed.” n Gregory Smith is a producer and videographer. His independent, original docuseries, called Subway Stories, dares to expose the colorful realities of subway commuters in New York, San Francisco, London and Shanghai. Subway Stories explores the influence of culture, music, philanthropy, food, eavesdropping and racial profiling. www.gregclif.com 1999 Class Secretaries Jocelyn Forbush [email protected] Christiana Jones [email protected] Jennifer Garrison Ross [email protected] Steven Bosak writes: “I’m in Washington, D.C. I attended Marty Kearns’ 40th birthday party, where I saw Noah Matson and Drue DeBerry. I recently joined Noble Conservation Solutions to offer energy and operations efficiency consulting services to commercial property owners. I’m helping building owners find significant cost savings by conserving electricity, gas and water. We also assist companies in developing environmental management strategies.” www.noblecs.com n André Heinz is in the Nordic countries investing in cleantech expansion cases. n James Levy is controller at the Boston Globe and Boston.com. He writes: “We are consuming a lot less paper than in 2003, when I started at the Globe!” n Eli Sagor rides his fixed-gear bike to the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus. He took up running again after a long hiatus this spring and finished his first triathlon in August. n Jamie Shambaugh and his wife, Sarah, just welcomed their second child, Nathanial, into the world in late August.

2000 Class Secretaries Erika Schaub [email protected] Zikun Yu [email protected] Monica Araya writes: “I live in London and work for E3G, an action-oriented policy group with a focus on climate and energy. I cover finance and low-carbon growth plans. I try to get together with Stephanie Campbell ’99 and Sasha Silver. I am writing my first novel.” n Ji-seok Kim writes: “I’ve taken a position with the climate change team of the British Embassy. I am encouraging businesses to invest in low-carbon technologies and emissions reduction. In addition to my embassy work, I write a newspaper column on global environmental affairs and recently translated Al Gore’s Our Choice.” n Caroline Kuebler and Peter Hill ’01 welcomed their daughter, Claramae Pamela Lillian Hill, on May 3. She checked out Kroon Hall. n Roger Williams and wife Laura celebrated the arrival of their son, Ryder, on August 24 and are living in Mill Valley, Calif. Roger has been working at Blue Source for over four years, developing and marketing forest carbon offset projects. [email protected] 2001 10th Reunion Year Class Secretaries Leigh Cash [email protected] Adam Chambers [email protected] Jennifer Grimm [email protected] Matt Fladeland is the joint recipient of a NASA Honor Award for the Sierra team’s contribution to the CASIE mission to measure sea ice characteristics around Svalbard, Norway. His current project will demonstrate an advanced airborne radar for soil moisture and vegetation structure measurements in anticipation of several upcoming satellite missions. He and his wife, YinLan Zhang, are expecting their second child in December. n Jen Osha writes: “I married Nick Buysse on the top of Spruce Knob, W.Va.! We are very grateful for our new little home bordering on state forest, where we grow large gardens and roam the mountains.

I am about to graduate with my Ph.D. in geography at West Virginia University, where I studied the impacts of mountaintop removal in the Coal River Valley of southern West Virginia. My research involved participatory multimedia work and resulted in the 2010 e-Appalachia Award for Outstanding Website for www.JourneyUpCoalRiver.org.” [email protected] 2002 Class Secretaries Catherine Bottrill [email protected] Roberto J. Frau [email protected] Catherine Bottrill attended many a U.K. festival this summer to interview festivalgoers for her Ph.D. research. She works for Julie’s Bicycle, a company that encourages the music industry to take action on climate. Her software projects for building energy management—imeasure and SMEasure— continue to go well, and she is working on a U.S. pilot in California with Betony Jones ’03. n Sarah Canham is living in Bend, Ore., and is the natural resource specialist for botany with the Bureau of Land Management, out of Prineville. n Liam Carr writes: “I’m wrapping up nine months in the field in St. Croix for my dissertation. I’ve worked with fishermen to develop locally relevant fishery management alternatives to existing and proposed regulations.” n P.J. Deschenes and his wife welcomed a son, Felix, this summer. n Erika Diamond writes: “I work in New York City for a startup called ThinkEco that develops hardware and software plug-load solutions for cutting the energy waste from plugged-in electronics. I’m working on business development— sales, partnerships and setting up wireless printers.” n Roberto Frau was promoted this year to sustainability practice lead for ERM and is now doing more administrative work, but allows for fieldwork. This past year he traveled in Argentina, Colombia and Chile, with fun hangouts with Marcela Bocchetto ’01. He’s working mainly on environmental and social due diligences of large-scale infrastructure or industrial development projects requiring international financing. n Michael Funaro and Zhanna Beisembaeva have been living in San Antonio for two years. Michael is with ESRI, and Zhanna is taking care of their

new house and three kids. n Kensuke Fuse writes: “I graduated with a Duke MBA in 2009 and came back to my sponsored company, Fujitsu Limited. I am working in the global business management unit to support and monitor foreign subsidiaries.” n Shalini Gupta gave birth to her son, Anand, on March 14. She wrapped up her Archibald Bush Leadership Fellowship and became the director of the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. n Rachel Novick filmed a fun and educational video on sustainability this summer that will be shown to all Notre Dame freshmen every year. www.youtube.com/NDsustainability n Shimako Takahashi writes: “I am based in Tokyo and have worked with UNU-ISP, developing and implementing research projects of environmental and natural resources management in line with community-based sustainable agroecosystems in Asia (Laos, Thailand, India, Cambodia and Vietnam).” n Cherise Udell writes: “I am putting down roots in Salt Lake City! I started a group called Utah Moms for Clean Air. www.utahmomsforcleanair.org 2003 Class Secretaries Brian Goldberg [email protected] Benjamin Hodgdon [email protected] Weslynne Ashton, Ph.D., writes: “I arrived in Chicago in August and moved into my new apartment. I hosted a networking dinner for the Yale Black Alumni Association with local alums and a group of 11 undergrads who were in Chicago for a weeklong service project encouraging foster kids to attend college.” n Becca Jensen Bruhl writes: “I’m hoping to finish my dissertation on innovative air toxics reduction initiatives in the coming year at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.” n Richard Chavez writes: “I’ve moved from tropical forests to the temperate rainforest of British Columbia. I am the planning forester for Brinkman Forest/Coast Tsimshian Resources in northwest British Columbia.” n Andrew Clack writes: “I submitted my Ph.D. thesis in September and accepted a postdoc at Penn State with professor Beth Shapiro. I’ll focus on ancient

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2004 Class Secretaries Jennifer Vogel Bass [email protected] Keith Bisson [email protected] Daniela Vizcaino [email protected] Laura Wooley [email protected] Heather (Kaplan) Coleman had a baby boy, Maxwell Asher, on March 10. Heather is located in Boston, working on climate policy for Oxfam America. n Tasha Eichenseher is writing about the environment for National Geographic and keeping tabs on the global water crisis. n Ona Ferguson writes: “Garth and I were married on Memorial Day, with 150 adult friends and 30 young children in attendance. Abby Weinberg, Michela DePalo, Keith Bisson and Beth (Owen) Bisson, Steve Roberge ’05 and Heather (Kaplan) Coleman were there.” n Margarita Fernandez writes: “I am a consultant for UNDP-Global Environment Facility Latin America and for Quality Assurance International. I will be starting a Ph.D. in Agroecology at the University of Vermont in January. Benjamin Hodgdon ’03 and I have been in Vermont for a year and we had a visit from Kevin Woods.” n Alphonse “Buddy” Fletcher writes: “Star Childs ’80 and Ian Branson ’03 are teaming up with me to develop 5,100 acres of raw residential and commercial land, as well as commercial properties concentrated primarily in Georgia. Funds managed by Fletcher Asset Management acquired the portfolio in April from a southeastern community bank as part of the firm’s initiative to invest in community banks and assets that those banks would like to sell.” n Liz Kalies writes: “I earned my Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Northern Arizona University in May. Alex Finkral ’97, Ph.D. ’05, and I welcomed Cale Hewitt Finkral on May 26. We live in Flagstaff, Ariz., where I’ve started a postdoc with the Ecological Restoration Institute. Alex began his sixth year as a professor of forest management.” n Amit Kapur has relocated from Melbourne, Australia, to Washington, D.C., and has joined the Science & Standards Department at Green Seal. n Mike Kisgen is an energy and environmental analyst at

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Paladin Law Group, where he works with clients that range from clean-tech startups to city redevelopment agencies. He spends time between the firm’s offices in Santa Barbara and San Francisco’s East Bay. n Amanda (Farris) Mahaffey writes: “I am working for the Kennebec Woodland Partnership, a joint program of the Maine Forest Service and Kennebec Land Trust, whose mission is to help people make informed decisions to keep Kennebec County forested. I also finished up a master of music degree and am filling the rest of my time with conducting, singing and teaching.” n Susan Tambi Matambo writes: “I’m in Bethesda, Md., and this is the first time we have lived in one country and in the same residence for more than two years since 2002! I am a consultant on climate change issues with WRI and the GEF.” n Jen Molnar writes: “I edited and coauthored the recently published Atlas of Global Conservation. The atlas was the culmination of global science and mapping work of my team at The Nature Conservancy. This fall I am moving from Seattle to D.C. to lead TNC’s central science program.” n Christopher Riely writes: “I have been organizing a street tree planting in my Providence neighborhood this fall. Out at the city watershed, deer and invasive plants may have become our greatest on-theground management challenge, and we’re planning the first-ever managed hunt on the property.” n Abby Weinberg writes: “I’m working to partner with the 30 largest landowners in the East to publicly display the location of their holdings in order to make the case for increased incentives and support for preventing ongoing fragmentation. We have eight owners representing 10 million acres signed up!” [email protected] n Laura Wildman opened the New England regional office of Princeton Hydro, a water resource firm focused on ecological restoration. She writes: “Our new office is in my hometown of Glastonbury, Conn., and I am looking for an engineer, a fluvial geomorphologist and an aquatic scientist/fisheries biologist. I was just appointed to the Environmental Water Resources Institute board of governors.”

2005 Class Secretaries David Cherney [email protected] Dora Cudjoe [email protected] Virginia Lacy [email protected] Benjamin Urquhart [email protected] Patrick Burtis writes: “My wife, Jennifer Thomas, and I have moved to San Francisco after four years in London. I’m working for Amadeus Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, and I lead the clean-tech practice. For the rest of this year, I’m serving as interim CFO at one of our portfolio companies in the Bay Area, GreenRoad, which uses technology to help people drive more safely and burn less fuel. Jen and I are living in the Haight.” [email protected] n Jamie Fergusson and his wife, Sarah, were expecting a new member of the family at the end of October. Jamie works at the International Finance Corporation, leading investments in renewable energy in emerging markets. n Richard Karty writes: “I am a postdoctoral fellow in ecology in The New School’s environmental studies program in New York City.” n Emily Levin writes: “My partner, Charles, and I welcomed a daughter, Susannah, on July 15. We’re living off the grid in a 480-square-foot house on 10 acres of land in central Vermont, while Charles builds us a house next door. I returned in October to my job doing program planning for residential energy efficiency.” n Michelle Lichtenfels writes: “I’m at Platform Environment Control Interface, focused on energy efficiency (commissioning and building rating systems). We see Allie Robbins (SOM), Nick and Emily Brod (SOM) and Bailey McCallum ’07.” n Joseph MacDougald writes: “I’m at F&ES teaching ‘A Clinical View of Land Use Planning and Policy,’ designed to teach land use principles by focusing on a few real-world applications and bridging the gap between a clinic and a more traditional land use course.” n Alex McIntosh and his partner moved to San Francisco this spring. Alex has founded Ecomundi Ventures to catalyze and accelerate the transition to a sustainable society. n Azalea Mitch writes: “Bill and I

welcomed the birth of a son, Samuel Alexander, on August 6. To celebrate, we planted a sugar maple and brewed Sam’s Peach Ale.” n Tanja Srebotnjak, Ph.D. ’07, has joined Ecologic Institute, a German nonprofit environmental policy and research institute, after moving to California. Based in San Mateo, she conducts applied environmental research in the areas of indicator development, climate change, trade and environment, and environment and health. She has also teamed up with a physician at UCSF to continue her statistical work on health disparities, with a focus on changes in access to emergency medical services in California due to hospital and emergency department closures. n Carlisle Tuggey writes: “I work and live in Portland, Maine, and practice law at the firm of Preti Flaherty. My practice focuses on land use issues involving federal, state and municipal water, air and hazardous waste laws, regulation and policy. I married Duncan McLean in September.” n Zoe Ju-Han Wang writes: “I started my Ph.D. in geography in March at the University of Sydney. My research will examine the social impacts of climate change projects on the ethnic minority communities in China and on how the institutional dynamics of an environmental NGO influence its local practice. I travel frequently between Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan and Australia.” n Carishma Gokhale-Welch and Aaron Welch left India, where Carishma worked to improve pollution reporting in the state of Maharashtr and Aaron completed a Fulbright. Now in Paris, Aaron will work as a UNESCO Fulbright Fellow. 2006 5th Reunion Year Class Secretaries Flora Chi [email protected] Reilly Renshaw Dibner [email protected] Susan Ely [email protected] Krista A. Mostoller [email protected] Jill Savery [email protected] Jessica Albietz was happy to see Rita Lohani in Manila and Lex Hovani in Jakarta and will be spending three months in

Bhutan helping Chimi Wangmo set up a women’s shelter for her nonprofit organization RENEW. www.renewbhutan.org n Saima Baig writes: “I am working in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as head of the IUCN’s environmental economics program for Asia. I travel a lot to Bangkok, where I saw Ikuko Matsumoto. I also saw Sarah Price and her daughter in Switzerland.” n Joel Creswell writes: “I’ve finished my Ph.D. in environmental chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and moved to Seattle to work for Brooks Rand Labs, a company that specializes in environmental trace metal analysis and research.” n Reilly Dibner writes: “After four years in Ireland, I’m back on my home continent and have started a Ph.D. in ecology at the University of Wyoming.” n Yuko Dvorak-Miyata writes: “I live in Prague with my Czech husband. I work as an environment, health and safety consultant and country manager for Japan at Enhesa, SA, a Belgian EHS consultancy. My work involves a lot of trips to Brussels and Japan.” n Ross Geredien writes: “I’m working as an ORISE Fellow at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The fellowship is a program through Oak Ridge Association of Universities and the Department of Energy in partnership with the EPA. I am in the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, emphasizing mountaintop-mine permit review and development of Appalachian surface-mining geospatial data.” n Gonzalo Griebenow writes: “I work at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. I manage a trust fund to develop initiatives on evaluating climate change, ranging from participating and organizing international workshops to the elaboration of studies in mitigation and adaptation with the support of a group of consultants. In August and September, I was in Ghana for the third time for an ongoing research project. While traveling, I met up with Hugh Brown ’10, Godfred Ohene-Gyan and Patricia Buah, attended the wedding of Melody Ocloo ’07 and participated in the first Accra TGIF.” n Gudmundur “Mummi” Gudbrandsson writes: “I work at the Institute for Sustainability Studies at the University of Iceland, involved in research projects on Energy Information Administration performance, climate change impacts and invasive

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n Kristen Welsh writes: “In July I got married, started a Ph.D. program and moved from the Bahamas. Jehan, my husband, and I relocated to Idaho so I could start my Ph.D. in hydrology and watershed management at the University of Idaho and CATIE in Costa Rica. The assistantship is through the National Science Foundation’s IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) program, which encourages interdisciplinary research. I will be doing my research in Costa Rica starting next year.” n Christina Zarrella returned to Connecticut and works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a special assistant to the assistant director for the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program. n Xizhou Zhou writes: “I am an associate director at Cambridge Energy Research Associates and work out of the firm’s Beijing office. In midJuly, I met up with a few F&ES friends in the Chinese capital when Professor Marian Chertow, Ph.D. ’00, held a reception for area alums. Kara DiFrancesco ’08, Marc Hiller ’07, Angel Hsu, Jun Song ’07 and Jack Yeh ’09 were all there.” 2007 Class Secretary Rosi Kerr [email protected] Anamaria Aristizabal writes: “I’m a freelance consultant in business and environment and am in the middle of a project on mining and environment with the government. I teach a class on sustainable business for undergraduate business students. I was invited to the Women’s Forum for Economy and Society in October in France as a ‘Rising Talent.’ In May I visited Mexico for training in sustainability consulting and hung out with Ramon Olivas ’09 and Dhyana Quintanar ’06. Alexis Ringwald ’06 visited Bogota and I joined her for some great dancing!” n Amanda Moss Cowan is midway through her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford, U.K. She hopes to complete her dissertation next year. n Valentina Giannini writes: “I’ve completed an integrated water resources management project from a workshop in Kathmandu. I spent early 2010 writing reports, papers and book chapters to disseminate our findings. I am in Venice for the research phase of my Ph.D. on knowledge integration for flood risk management.” n Ilmi Granoff practices

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finance law in the energy and infrastructure group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. n Charlotte Kaiser became a mother to Linus Hazard Peterson, born July 26, 2009. Charlotte works for The Nature Conservancy in conservation finance, developing new revenue streams from nonphilanthropy sources. She lives in Brooklyn. n Colleen Morgan is in New Orleans, where she started a program called Bayou Rebirth Wetlands Restoration and Education. Bayou Rebirth coordinates wetlands planting projects for volunteer groups from all over the country. www.bayourebirth.org. n Mackenzie Schoonmaker writes: “I am living in Washington, D.C., where I am an associate attorney at Beveridge & Diamond. My practice includes environmental litigation and regulatory counseling.” n Dahvi Wilson writes: “I have been working on two projects: coordinating a local community planning effort and running a political campaign for a state legislative candidate. I also work often with Angie Rutherford ’08 here in Teton County, Idaho.” 2008 Class Secretaries Angelica Afanador [email protected] Kelsey Kidd [email protected] Georgia Basso writes: “I live just outside of Philadelphia and work for Five Winds International, a sustainable strategy consulting firm.” n Annette Bellafiore writes: “I moved to New York in September.” n Jessica Boehland writes: “I live near Detroit and am a program officer for the Kresge Foundation. My work focuses on improving energy efficiency in the built environment.” n Gerald Bright writes: “I am the Cobbs Creek Watershed’s implementation coordinator, tasked with the coordination of efforts related to the implementation of the Philadelphia Water Department’s combined sewer overflow long-term control plan, ‘Green Cities Clean Waters.’” n Duncan Cheung writes: “I am a senior analyst at a management consulting and strategy firm called GreenOrder that specializes in environmental sustainability.” n Anton Chiono is living in Berkeley, Calif., and working in San Francisco as a policy analyst for the Pacific Forest Trust.

n Marcia Cleveland writes: “I am a lobbyist with the Friends Committee on National Legislation for climate change legislation.” n Kimpton Cooper writes: “I work for the U.S. Forest Service in Walla Walla, Wash. I am the district environmental coordinator in charge of planning and policy for 350,000-plus acres of public lands.” n Michael Davies writes: “I am a manager with SCC Americas in Houston. The company is a renewable-energy and climate change project development company. I work chiefly on agricultural biogas projects.” n Laura Alex Frye-Levine writes: “I live in the heart of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky in the first passive-active solar house in the country (Raven Run House, built 1974).” n Nigel Gurnett writes: “I work at Sustainserv. One of our areas of expertise is creating sustainability reports based on the Global Reporting Initiative for corporate clients.” n Amy Heinemann writes: “I live in Raleigh, N.C., and work for the North Carolina Solar Center. I do renewable-energy policy analysis for the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE project) and provide outreach to local governments around the United States interested in developing solar programs.” n Olivia Kaplan writes: “I work for the Clinton Climate Initiative as forestry program coordinator. The program supports developing nations with avoided deforestation projects and national monitoring, reporting and verification systems for land use change. We work in Guyana, Tanzania, Kenya, Cambodia and Indonesia.” n Scott Laeser lives in Washington, D.C., and is working for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership as government affairs manager. n John Chung-En Liu married Yating on July 10 in Taipei. Adrian Deveny ’09, Emily Enderle ’07, Erik Winegar, Hiroshi Sugano ’09 and Chisato Tomimura went to his wedding, with 600-plus other guests. John and Yating are doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. n Mira Manickman writes: “I am living in the Marin Headlands of California and am an environmental educator at the Headlands Institute. I make music videos.” n Jihoon Min writes: “I am in a Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. My topic will be energy and climate policy.” n Matt Oden writes: “I am the sustainability

manager at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. My responsibilities include GHG emissions reporting, renewableenergy finance, lecturing in courses and more.” n Sara Bushey Ohrel works on the economics of climate issues at the EPA. [email protected] n Shanti Karanjit Ojha writes: “I am a new mom to a son, Yajur. I work in ICF International, India office, as a senior associate in the climate change and energy efficiency practice.” n Leila Pinchot writes: “I am pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee, where I am researching silvicultural parameters for American chestnut reintroduction. I married Matt Wilson on May 22.” n Paula Randler writes: “I’m in D.C. enjoying my work with the U.S. Forest Service and traveling a lot for work and play. I attended the zany wedding barbecue of Darcy Dugan ’09 in Anchorage. In mid-August, Madeleine Meek ’06, Janet Lawson ’09 and I did a trirelay together. I completed my first Olympic triathlon on September 12 and raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of Rachel Holmes ’10.” n Catherine Rawson writes: “I live in New Haven and am an assistant attorney general for the State of Connecticut.” n Ashley Roberts writes: “I live in beautiful Sheridan, Wyo., but will be spending mid-October through mid-January in Denmark. I have an interest in elements of environmental health and am exploring the effects of toxicity and nutrition on the function of the human body. I am researching job opportunities in this field and applying to Ph.D. programs for the fall of 2011.” n Angie Rutherford writes: “I’m in Driggs, Idaho, and work at the Teton County planner. I saw Julie Witherspoon this summer on her way through to Bozeman.” n Teresa Sarroca writes: “I work for The Forests Dialogue but am based back home in Uruguay. I travel a lot for work, but I’m happy to be near my family for a change.” n Jeramy Shays writes: “I live in Washington, D.C., and am a policy associate at the American Council on Renewable Energy, which has over 550 members.” n Yuliya Shmidt writes: “I’m the coordinator for renewable energy at the Division of Ratepayer Advocates in the California Public Utilities Commission. I work as a regulator on renewable-electricity projects, mostly solar and wind.” n Chisato Tomimura writes: “I work for the Rainforest Alliance SmartWood Program at the

Asia-Pacific Office in Bali, Indonesia. I handle legality verification audits in the AsiaPacific region, mostly in Indonesia and Malaysia.” n Kelsey Kidd Wharton writes: “I am an environmental planner with Logan Simpson Design in Tempe. On the weekends I volunteer for Audubon Arizona.” n Julie Witherspoon writes: “I live in Denver, working for Bio-Logical Capital, a real estate company with a new approach to environmentally regenerative investment and development businesses. I’ve been involved in conducting initial due diligence and business planning.” n Chris and Kim Yuan-Farrell are caring for their home in the Mile High City. They pay their school loans by working for two local environmental nonprofits. 2009 Class Secretaries Rajesh Koirala [email protected] Neelesh Shrestha [email protected] Simon Tudiver [email protected] Jude Wu [email protected] Syeda Absar writes: “I am a water policy researcher in Islamabad and have recently published a report, ‘The Impact of Climate Change on the Glaciers, Water Resources and Livelihood of Pakistan.’ This research has been accepted by an international conference called Globelics 2010, hosted by Malaysia, where I will be presenting my work.” n Murefu Barasa writes: “I am based in Nairobi and work for a consulting company offering services in renewableenergy and climate change issues. We manage projects in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Brazil, and our clients include governments, the private sector and nonprofits.” n Ke Cao has been based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, for almost one year and trying to promote payment for ecosystem services in this country. He also monitors and assists overseas Chinese investors to mitigate their social and environmental impacts. n Sarah Charlop-Powers writes: “I work for a small consulting company in Kingston, N.Y., doing outreach and marketing, with a focus on energy efficiency and renewable-energy production.” n Jeffrey Chatellier completed

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classnotes a Fulbright research grant in Indonesia on the carbon dynamics of forest conversion and is a partner with the Indonesia-based environmental consulting firm Forest Carbon. n Adrian Deveny writes: “I’m working on clean-energy and energy efficiency policy in the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee.” n Sean Dixon writes: “I am the coastal policy attorney with Clean Ocean Action, headquartered on the New Jersey shore. We work on ocean pollution, offshore energy and marine spatial-planning issues for the greater Atlantic Ocean coastal zone.” n Darcy Dugan writes: “I married Toby Schwoerer on August 20 on the top of a pass after a two-hour hike with our wedding party in south-central Alaska. We spent a honeymoon week backpacking in the Chugach Mountains.” n Mark Evidente is based in the Philippines. He is on the faculty at De La Salle University and consults on climate change, environmental compliance and tourism policy. n Joe Famely writes: “Kathryn and I welcomed a daughter, Sophia Fern Famely, last September. We have moved to Falmouth, Mass., where I am working with a coastal planning and engineering consulting firm.” n Benson Gabler writes: “I am manager of corporate sustainability for PNC Bank in my hometown of Pittsburgh. In April I purchased my first house, so my free time has been consumed by home improvement projects. First guests included Neda Arabshahi ’10, Audrey Davenport and Lucas Knowles ’08.” n Haley Gilbert writes: “I’m in California researching the urban heat-island effect for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Heat Island Group in Northern California and promoting ‘Cool Communities’ strategies.” n Eva Gladek writes: “My partner, Tom Bosschaert, and I run a company in the Netherlands called Except, an integrated sustainability consulting, research and design firm. We also co-founded the Rotterdam Collective (or Ro-Co), focused on social and environmental goals. We’ve built all of our own furniture out of waste materials and renovated the entire floor of a formerly abandoned building in the city center with only eco-friendly materials.” n Bella Gordon writes: “I work in the U.S. Forest Service’s international programs in D.C. I’m working with the Russia, Europe

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and Central Asia Program, so I’m continuing my interests developed during my Fulbright to Russia.” n Kate Harrison writes: “Barry Muchnick ’01 and I are expecting our first child in February. We live in New Haven while he finishes up his Ph.D., and I am running the Green Bride Guide. We are the largest green-wedding website online and just launched the country’s first green-wedding gift registry with free carbon neutral shipping.” www.greenbrideguide.com n Lisa Henke writes: “My husband, Nathaniel Strauss, and I are parents! Ruben Hendrik Strauss was born on July 19.” n Molly Howard writes: “I’ve left consulting to teach second grade science at a charter school in Washington, D.C.” n Rita Hudetz is at Booz Allen Hamilton in its commercial consulting group, focusing on clean-tech. She is program manager for its new Center of Excellence on Climate Change, overseeing intellectual capital and business development. She lives in D.C. n Rajesh Koirala writes: “I live in Washington, D.C., and work with the carbon finance unit at the World Bank.” n André Mershon writes: “I live in Silver Spring, Md. I am a climate change program specialist, focusing on training and communications, for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Kristin O’Planick and I are planning a June 2011 wedding.” n Anna Milkowski writes: “I teach biology and environmental science and work on school sustainability at Andover, a private high school near Boston. A summer of travel to Costa Rica and Alaska has charged me up with ideas for teaching and future adventures.” n Amir Nadav writes: “I was appointed by the mayor and city council to the Energy and Environment Advisory Commission in Eagan, Minn., one of the largest suburbs in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.” n Claudia Octaviano writes: “I am in a Ph.D. program on technology, management and policy at the MIT Engineering Systems Division. I will be looking at climate change and sustainable-energy policy in Mexico in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement and regional trade issues.” n Joseph Orefice writes: “I bought an old farm in the town of Saranac, N.Y. I spent the summer restoring some of the abandoned agricultural land and raising vegetables, pigs, chickens, rabbits and bees. I also co-taught the first-ever Adirondack

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Woodsmen’s School. This fall I’ve resumed my teaching position at Paul Smith’s College, and I intend to make quite a bit of cider from my orchard.” n Anastasia O’Rourke, Ph.D., and Adrian Horotan ’10 had a baby boy on January 16 named Henry Ian Horotan. They live in North Branford, Conn., and are enjoying the homegrown tomato bounty. n Darcy (Newsome) Peth writes: “My husband, Ian, and I were married on July 24. We bought a house in Seattle and are living here with our cat and new dog. In April I began working at Ross and Associates, a small environmental consulting company in Seattle.” n Megan Selby writes: “After climbing as many boulders as possible in one year in the Pacific Northwest, I am moving to New Zealand to begin my Ph.D. I’ll be in Auckland whenever I am not off researching protected areas or exploring my new home.” n Neelesh Shrestha writes: “I’m in D.C. working as a junior professional associate at the World Bank, getting involved in some biodiversity conservation projects in East Asia.” n Simon Tudiver writes: “I’m living in Ottawa and working for Environment Canada on federal policy for environmental science and technology, with a focus on energy. I’m on an extended leave from work to look after my son, Kai, while my wife, Sarah, completes her Ph.D. in biology.” n Fengyuan Wang writes: “I live in Hong Kong, working with Business for Social Responsibility on a variety of corporate social responsibility-related issues. Promoting supply chain energy efficiency in China is one of the focal areas of my work.” n Bo White writes: “I am on a Fulbright scholarship to Tajikistan this year, studying the evolution of legal systems (since the breakup of the Soviet Union) governing natural resources in the Pamirs.” n Jude Wu moved to Washington, D.C., to join Conservation International as director of strategy analysis, where her team is tasked with operationalizing CI’s new mission linking conservation to human well-being and to develop conservation-based models for sustainable development.

obituaries 2010 Class Secretaries Daniella Aburto [email protected] Paul Beaton [email protected] Changxin Fang [email protected] Kristin Tracz [email protected] Matt Carroll writes: “I am a smokejumper for the McCall Smokejumpers in McCall, Idaho. I worked this summer in California near Big Sur, southern Idaho and southern Oregon, where I could see the ocean as I exited the plane.” n Mary Fischer writes: “I work at Stonyfield Farm in Londonderry, N.H., in its Natural Resources Department. I am the lead on carbon footprinting and the resident expert in its carbon footprinting tool. I also work on its renewable-energy plan and internal team to reduce GHGs and fuel use in distribution. I live in downtown Manchester.” n Casey Pickett is in school in New Haven for one more year and developing a not-forprofit drink company with classmates Adrian Horotan and Stu DeCew. n Tatjana Rosen writes: “I have joined the Wildlife Conserv-ation Society office in Bozeman, Mont., as its community liaison. My work involves negotiating human-wildlife conflicts in the ‘High Divide’ region—between Montana, Wyoming and Idaho—and promoting better land use policies.” n Toshitake (Toshi) Tanuma writes: “I will be a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tokyo, beginning in April. My plan until then is to study Mandarin by myself and go to Taiwan from January to February to spend time with my distant family.” n Meredith Trainor writes: “I moved to Seattle in September to work with the Boreal Songbird Initiative on the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, which is a 2010 agreement to protect 72 million hectares of boreal forest in Canada, including a moratorium on harvesting 28 million hectares considered integral woodland caribou habitat. I will work to determine how individual forest parcels should be managed.” n Ranran Wang writes: “I finished my 10-week internship in NRDC’s Beijing office. I am working as a postgraduate associate at the Yale School of Engineering.”

James Carlaw ’49 (1922-2010) died on August 30 at the age of 87 after a long illness. A native of Maplewood, N.J., James served his country during World War II as a first lieutenant with the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the European Theatre. After completing his master’s degree at Yale, he served in the Korean War in the Army Reserves. He was an operational officer in the replacement battalion in Pusan, Korea, and was honorably discharged in 1953. He joined International Paper as its first professional forester and was instrumental in opening up company land for public recreation in Adirondack Park in New York and at Stratton Mountain in Vermont. He was a trustee of the College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry at Syracuse University. He was predeceased by a son and is survived by his wife of nearly 62 years, Theodora; two daughters, Ann Evans and Robin Calderwood; and six grandchildren. Daniel Dick ’49 (1924-2010) died at home on July 26 at the age of 86 surrounded by family and close friends, after a long and arduous struggle with myeloblastic leukemia. Daniel was born in Worcester, Mass., and served in the Navy during World War II. Twenty years after obtaining a master’s degree in forestry at Yale, he earned a degree in library science at the University of Rhode Island. During the 1950s and 1960s he was a partner in Dick Brothers, a church interior and architectural woodwork firm in Worcester. He also participated in the peace and women’s rights movements. In the late 1960s he became the reference librarian and creator of the energy studies curriculum at Worcester State College and was an officer in the faculty union. His avocation was building and sailing wooden boats. He spent his life cultivating and preserving all things Worcester, and on the last day of his life he received a key to the city from Mayor Joseph O’Brien. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Marjory; five daughters, Carol

Buell, Marjory Masterman, Mary Dick, Katherine Brosier and Elizabeth Ancarana; four sons, Gary, John, Peter and Joseph; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Benjamin Eggeman Jr. ’42 (1918-2010) died on April 7 at the age of 92. Benjamin received a master’s degree in forestry at Yale in 1942 and served in the Pacific with the Navy during World War II. He served in the amphibious forces and participated in the occupation and consolidation of Guadalcanal. He was a landing control officer for amphibious landings in the invasions of Bougainville, Saipan, Leyte, Luzon and Iwo Jima. In later years, his duties included service on Atlantic fleet destroyers and cruisers and command of the USS Putnam, USS Denebola and Destroyer Squadron Two. As plans officer for Commander Division 18, he participated in the recovery of the first American in space. He attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and received a master’s degree in business from George Washington University. In retirement, he was active in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, teaching sailing and boating safety. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with V, Navy Unit Citation, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and Philippine Liberation Medal. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne; three sons, Benjamin, John and James; and six grandsons. Richard Griffith ’40 (1916-2010) died on August 22 at the age of 93 of natural causes in Helena, Mont. After graduating from Yale, Dick served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Aleutians. He joined the J. Neils Lumber Company, which later merged with the St. Regis Paper Company. In his 43 years there, he worked his way up to chief forester and retired in 1982, having spent the last few years at the company’s operation in Maine. He and his crew of foresters reforested large sections of land with seedlings they had collected. He was a

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obituaries longtime member of the Society of American Foresters and a member of the Outlook Club in Lewiston, Maine. He devoted himself to numerous volunteer activities, notably with Habitat for Humanity. He was predeceased by his first wife, Phyllis, who died in 1973. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Joane; three daughters, Brenda Holland, JoAnn Chambers and Allyson James; a son, Larry; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. John Guiher ’48 (1917-2010) died on April 3 at the age of 93 of congestive heart failure in Urbana, Ill. John was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 as a second lieutenant. He was an artillery instructor after graduating from the Cavalry School in Fort Riley, Kan. Following an honorable discharge after a tour of duty in the South Pacific, he continued to serve in the United States Reserve until 1953. He earned bachelor’s and doctoral degrees from Michigan State University and a master’s in forestry from Yale. He retired as an associate professor of wood technology in the Forestry Department of the University of Illinois, where he was employed from 1955 until 1989. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Coventry-Akron Lodge 83 in Akron. He was an avid golfer and longtime member of the StarDuster Dance Club, and he also enjoyed gardening and pets. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lois; a daughter, Carla Thomsen; a grandson; and two great-grandsons. Charles Holsworth ’47 (1921-2010) died on May 3 at the age of 88 in Vineland, N.J. Charles was a resident of Vineland for 56 years. After receiving a master’s degree in forestry from Yale, he worked as a forester for the state of New Jersey for over 30 years. Following his retirement, he owned a forestry consulting business in South Jersey until shortly before his death. He also served in the Coast Guard as a lieutenant commander for over 20 years and was an active member of the First Presbyterian

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Church of Vineland. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Margit; a daughter, Katharine Holsworth; two sons, Charles and David; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Evert “Doc” Johnson ’47 (1921-2010) died on March 11 at the age of 88 in Auburn, Ala. Doc served in the U.S. Army during World War II, signing up with the 10th Mountain Infantry, and subsequently served in the Field Artillery in the Solomon Islands, Philippine Islands and Japan. Under the GI Bill, he earned a master of forestry degree from Yale, and in 1957 he earned a Ph.D. from the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. He worked for the Sable Mountain Corp., a consulting forestry firm, primarily in large-scale timber inventory operations in which aerial photographs and sampling were heavily involved. In 1956, he joined the forestry faculty at Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). In 1963 he co-authored the book Forestry Education in America Today and Tomorrow, and in 2000 he authored Forest Sampling Desk Reference. He was the author of 18 peer-reviewed journal papers, numerous Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins and eight Auburn University Forestry Department series publications. He was inducted into the Alabama Foresters’ Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife, Janice; a daughter, Robin Ferguson; a son, Sten; and four grandchildren. James Kingston ’50 (1923-2009) died on May 9, 2009, at the age of 85, surrounded by his family at St. Vincent Hospital in Ottawa. Jim received a master’s degree in forest economics from Yale and later held a teaching fellowship at the College of Forestry, University of Syracuse, where he pursued a Ph.D. A World War II veteran, he served for over two years in the Canadian Army as a corporal instructor at the Advanced Infantry Training Center, Camp Utopia, in Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick. He served for five years as the Canadian

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representative for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He later served for 21 years as a trade economist and special advisor with the Canadian Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Phyllis; and a daughter, Alexandra. Richard Mark ’60, D.F. ’65 (1928-2010), died on May 25 at the age of 81 in Liverpool, N.Y., of Parkinson’s disease. Richard was a senior research associate emeritus with the Empire State Paper Research Institute at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees from Yale, where he was granted a National Science Foundation Fellowship. He was a test engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; a faculty member in the Department of Wood Research, University of Kentucky; and a visiting research associate with New Zealand Forest Products in Auckland. He authored over 50 scientific journal articles and several books on the mechanical properties of paper, paper testing and recycled fibers. He was predeceased by his first wife, Dolores Marie. He is survived by his wife, Harriet; two daughters, Laura Guinan and Christine Rolen Catanzarita; two sons, Richard and Gregory Rolen; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.