"...for a whaleship was my Yale College and my Harvard."
Herman Melville
 
Sailing Pacific Waters

High School: Rumson (the most Republican town in New Jersey)

Favorite quote by our high school principal: "You surfer types should all just run away to California, since you're never going to do anything with your lives anyway."
Favorite quote by our high school superintendent: "I foresee a great role reversal for men and women in the coming years, and I will do whatever I can to prevent it."

College: Biology Department, Monmouth (the University formerly known as Monmouth College)

"Eight of the best years of my life, right down the toilet..." --John Blutarsky

Gradual School: Long Island University (M.S. Marine and Environmental Studies)

"In this natural world, nothing is certain but taxonomy and taxidermy."
-- D. Grant

Monmouth University (M.A. Education, Principal & Supervision, Comprehensive Science Certification)

"There comes a tide in the affairs of men when we must take the bull by the tail and face the situation." -- W.C. Fields

Favorite quote from a summer camper at Sandy Hook: "I am in this program because my parents sent me here. Also I wanna' catch some fish and pick up rotting carcasses." -- Paul, Age 11

Continual Education, Workshops, Training and Certificates:

Environmental Institution Management, University of Delaware
Microbial Sciences Initiative - Harvard University
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program - Texas A&M University
International Symposium on Science and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs
Taking the Pulse of Our Ocean - University of Maryland
Oceanography, University of San Diego-National Science Foundation (NSF)
Remote Sensing, Weber State University, Utah-NASA
Hubble Space Telescope, NASA-Johns Hopkins University Space Grant Consortium
Global Change & Ozone Depletion, Temple University-NSF
Field Investigations of Coastal Marine Systems, University of San Diego-NSF
Remote Sensing Technology, National Science Foundation
Wetlands Plants & Habitats, Eagle Hill Research Station, Maine
Tropical Marine Ecology, University of Puerto Rico- NSF
Survey of Mona Island, University of Puerto Rico- NSF
The Radio Universe, Arecibo, University of Puerto Rico - NSF
Radio Astronomy, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, W.Va. (WARNING! depending on your browser, the hydrogen spectrum on this connecting page may take several minutes to download.)
Facilitator: Project WILD, Aquatic WILD, Project Learning Tree, Project WET, Wonder of Wetlands, The Class Project, Community Biodiversity Education Biodiversity Partnership Program - World Wildlife Fund

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