Born: 1942, Honolulu, Hawaii. Elected: 1995 (Councilor, 1999–2002). Education: University of Hawaii, BA. (zoology), 1964. University of Oklahoma, MS (zoology), 1966. University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD, 1981; Yale New Haven Hospital, Medical Residency, 1981–84. Vocation: Biology teacher, retired general internist, and landscape painter. Memberships: Hawaii Audubon Society (Vice President), 1972–73; Massachusetts Audubon Society (Director, 1994–2004; Councilor, 2004–present); Wilson Ornithological Society; Oklahoma Ornithological Society. Awards: Outstanding conservation educator of the year, 1977, Essex Conservation District. Publications: Conceived, designed, wrote, and illustrated a self-guiding nature trail guide to Salem Woods, 1976. Activities: Annual CBC, Concord's Great Meadows NWR. Annual Massachusetts Audubon Birdathon, Essex County. Birding trips, TNTC. Solo bird-related travel to Iceland, Perce, and the Oahu Koolaus. While a graduate student in zoology at the University of Oklahoma, was introduced to ornithology by George Miksch Sutton. Inspired by his descriptions of birding in Iceland, spent an "Iceland Summer" on a solo expedition following the itinerary described in his book with that title. "When I met the great skuas, I was prepared to dodge their attacks by following the advice in the book. Though you might say that the skua was successful in hunting me that day, I have been hunting birds ever since."