I retired last year (05) from teaching anthropology for the previous 16 years at the University of Minnesota Duluth. I also taught courses in anthropology, sociology, English and Spanish at Michigan Tech in the 70s and 80s (ok, and a course in forest history as well) and a couple of Spanish classes at Soumi (Finlandia) in the 80s. I have also taught at Grove City College and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and have also done seasonal work for the US Forest Service in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming in the 50s, 60s, and 90s. My professional research (which continues) has largely been centered around the adaptive strategies of the Saraguros, a distinctive indigenous population "traditionally" located in the Andean highlands of southern Ecuador (and who were the people who played music at the tail end of the Parade of Nations here last fall).

What I love about the Keweenaw is the snow, Lake Superior, the rocks, some of the forests, the cool and cold weather we usually have, the waterfalls, the wildness (or what's left of it) and the access to all this that we still have. And good friends, old and new. And the fact that this is a relatively remote, low-population area that also has a good share of cultural events/opportunities.

I enjoy cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing. Shoveling snow. Canoeing. Trail hiking, bushwhacking and backpacking. Outdoor photography. Bird watching (even though I'm terrible at identifying most of them). Orchid hunting. "Meat" fishing and hunting.

I want to protect land in the Copper Country for most of the reasons implied in the above parapgraphs. And because I think it's right to take good care of our "home."

I joined the KLT Board of Directors so that I could be a participant in helping to preserve and enhance some of the things I care so much about in this area. To give back something in return for what I have enjoyed and will enjoy in the future.

My interests as a board member are in helping follow through on all of the general goals of the KLT as I am able. Perhaps I am most interested in working with (hiking) trail access to and through areas of KLT concern and in working in the development of long distance trails in the Keweenaw Peninsula region. I also bring to the table the ability to move about in all types of terrain, use a GPS and read maps, avid photographer with an ability to manipulate photos using software, and I manage webpages.


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