Peter Nielsen ’71

How we spent our time in lockdown. We accepted a request from the Ojai Retreat, next to the Krotona Institute, to caretake the vacated cottages. We picked a room as compensation and we weeded, mowed, blew and cleaned for weeks. We enjoyed one of the most beautiful views of the Valley including looking up to […]

CdeP 1962 Fire and Flood Reports

1962 Don Porter checked on all 1962 classmates affected by the recent fires and floods. Paul Recsei reports, “We live in a chaparral ‘wild land-urban interface’ and were under mandatory evacuation orders for both the fire and then for the deluge. But mandatory does not mean mandatory in this case, so my wife and I […]

Allison Natcher ’94

Work with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s Spill Prevention and Response Division is never dull. I recently worked on the removal of the tug Challenger from the Gastineau Channel with the Coast Guard and other governmental agencies. As Deputy State on Scene Coordinator for the project, I was the main point of contact for […]