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WINTER 2005 BULLETIN
Spotlight
Non Ut Sibi part IV:
Serving the Environment
A Clean Lake Legacy
Former director of ornithology for the Florida Audubon Society, Gian Basili '83 shifted gears five years ago, taking on a $120 million restoration project to remove pollutants from a central Florida lake.
By Bonnie Blackburn Penhollow '84
All Things Arctic
While pursuing her doctorate in geology, one alumna has fallen in love with its landscape and its people.
By Bianca Perren '93
Mike Fremont's Journal
A canoe racer for more than forty years, Mike Fremont '40 is now racing to save the river he loves.
By Julie Reiff
A Venture Capitalist for Land Conservation
A former director for Trout Unlimited and a founder of the River Network, Tom Macy '61 now brokers land deals to protect the environment.
By Tom Frank '80
Tribal Waters
One geologist's work for a confederation of Native American tribes provides an interesting intersection of his own scientific background with the tribes' pursuit of self-determination.
By John Mooney '78
From Lobbyist to Land Lawyer
A fourth-generation Coloradan, Casey Padgett '78 provides the legal muscle for the cleanup of public land.
By Tom Frank '80
Safer Water
From the forests of Belize to the wilds of New Hampshire, Jennifer O'Hara Palmiotto '82 uses her passion for nature to help protect drinking water supplies.
By Bonnie Blackburn Penhollow '84
Cleaning Up Our Act
A day student from Watertown, Melinda Patterson Thompson '95 has now worked on three continents to educate people and help change their behaviors toward the environment.
By Julie Reiff
Technology in the Tropics
A marine biologist and founder of Hawaii's Sea Life Park and Oceanic Institute, Tap Pryor has put down roots as a farmer in the Cook Islands.
By Tap Pryor '49
Fixing the World
The son of North Americans, Bob Albert was born and raised in Caracas until the age of 11 and returned to his beloved Venezuela after college, looking for ways to improve health, education, agriculture, and animal welfare in the Turimiquire mountains.
By Robert Albert Jr. '66
Hands-on Learning
Students interested in the environment can take advantage of off-campus study options at the Maine Coast Semester and the Island School in the Bahamas.
By Debbie Phipps
Departments
From the Editor
Letters
Alumni Spotlight
Around the Pond
Sport
Course Notes
SC80 A.P. Environmental Science
Endnote
The Simple Life
By Zach Schonbrun '05
To download a PDF file of Winter 2005 Taft Bulletin, click here. (4.9 MB) 
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