Investment Committee Chair Brad Edmonson DS ’76 has begun a 4,000-mile coast-to-coast bike trip to raise money for the Finger Lakes Land Trust. You can follow Brad’s trip at www.c2c4conservation.org.

Dr. Lee M. Talbot DS ’48 has received the University of California Excellence in Achievement award for his work in ecosystem science. As Ecologist and Geographer, Talbot has gained renown as a pioneer in shaping national and international environmental policies and conducting environmental work in 131 countries. The award was presented on April 5th at a black-tie gala in San Francisco where Talbot was also cited for 60 years of championship race car driving. Talbot is profiled in the July/August 2007 issue of Vintage Motorsport: vintagemotorsport.com.

Philip Hanawalt DS ’49 has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Currently teaching in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford, Hanawalt has been a contributing researcher in the field of DNA for over forty years, starting with a pioneering discovery of repair replication in E. coli in 1963. In addition to a long list of other professional teaching and advisory honors, he currently serves on the Special Conferences Committee of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Rodney North DS ’84 has recently been re-elected as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Equal Exchange, one of the oldest and largest Fair Trade coffee companies in the U.S. which, incidentally, provides organic, Fair Trade coffee to the Boarding House here at Deep Springs. Equal Exchange was recently listed as one of the world’s most democratic workplaces, exemplified in its policy that highest paid employees cannot make more than four times the salary of lowest paid employees.