What have you been doing? Some significant events!

Star role in Truman Copote’s Grass Harp
Subsequent roles in Contra Costa Musical Theater, Wonderful Town, West Side Story
Dancing role in Oakland’s Westminster Amphitheater musical, Guys and Dolls.
Museum curator for Diablo Valley College
BYU University Champion, Fencing; asked to train for the State and Olympics championships
Norseman Award and Porterfield Award for excellence in Biology
Teaching Assistant for San Francisco State University
Curator of Entomology for the California Academy of Sciences
Member of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society
President, San Francisco State University Biological Society
Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with honors
Scorpion expedition through Baja California for eight weeks
Masters Degree in Entomology, San Francisco State University
Teaching Assistantship for the Arizona State University
Teaching Associateship, Arizona State University
Associate Professor of Zoology at Arizona State University
Began rock climbing, teaching the sport for ~ 10 years
Climbed Gannet Peak, in Wyoming, 13,000+ feet
Earned Ph.D. in Zoology
Wild Kingdom Host for two programs, Natural history of the Kookaburra, and the Musk Ox
Faculty at Diablo Valley College, 1973-1974
Faculty at Ventura College in 1975-2003
Presented paper to the Centre International De Documentation Arachnologique, at University of Panama
Trekked roadless area across the Isthmus of Panama, to Chiricui Grande, Pacific to the Atlantic
Vice President of the Ventura College Faculty Senate for two years
President of the Ventura College Faculty Senate for two years
Began diving, NAUI instructor for 15 years
Invited to Belem, Brazil for UNICEF ‘Potable Water’ Project
Spent two weeks up the Rio Negro, in the Brazilian rain forest
Lived for a week with the Choco Tribe in the Darien Jungle near Colombia
Lived for a week with the San Blas Kuna Tribe off the Eastern coast of Panama
Awarded grant for Curriculum Improvement, Interdisciplinary Marine Studies, $14,000
Featured in Jacques Cousteau’s film on the Channel Islands
Led a diving expedition in the Sea of Cortez with 21 divers
Spent 10 days living in the Ecuadorian rain forest
Climbed Mt. Chuembora to 17,200 feet, Ecuador
Dive research, Stomatopod populations, for the Tatman Foundation off Catalina Island
Nominated for the “Golden Apple” award for excellence in teaching three times
Spent six weeks in the Kalimantan (Borneo) rain forest, diving the Suluwasi Sea
Led a diving adventure in the Suluwasi Sea with nine people
Listed in ‘Who’s Who” of Community College Teachers
Led a safari in Kenya, Africa for three weeks with 20 students, then three weeks in Tanzania
Successful award for Nature Conservancy research, $255,000 from the Mellon Foundation
Principal Investigator, Fennel Ecology on Santa Cruz Island
Presented Paper to Channel Island Research Symposium
Climbed Mt. Whitney; Whitney Portal, to summit and back, in a day. Highest Peak in the contiguous U. S.
Community lecture in Biology for Optimus club, Rotary Club, Ventura Women’s Club, various Churches, and community organizations, and the Free Thinkers Club
Cowboyed in Northern Montana bringing in Spring caves for two weeks
Visited the Mayan Ruins of Palenque in Chiapas Mexico
Tarpon Fishing in Belize
Navigated the Sheenjeck River, Alaska, solo, 68041’N, to the Koness River, 67075’ N
UCCI faculty teaching Natural History of California and Rain Forests of the World
Spent 10 days photographing in the Amazon Rain Forest via Peru with his son Joel in 2012, and wrote a book chronicling the adventure.