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| Pioneer
Exhibit Thirteen pioneers of interpretation are honored through this exhibit displayed in NAI's national office in Fort Collins, Colorado. |
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Association
of Interpretive Naturalists In the 1950s, the Great Lakes Parks Training Institute (GLPTI) regularly convened an annual meeting. This rich combination of professional networking and socializing was held at Pokagon State Park in northern Indiana. It attracted a variety of park professionals from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and a few other surrounding states and, as of this writing, continues to meet annually. [MORE] |
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Joshua Aaron Barkin (“Josh” to everyone), was born in New York in 1918 and passed away in 1982. He has been called a “naturalist’s naturalist,” yet his first paying job in the park field (at 43 years old) was as a maintenance worker. Pablo Casals, the virtuoso cellist, called Josh an adequate cellist but Freeman Tilden, the National Park Service’s guru of interpretation wrote, “Josh…you are my interpreter, remember. I almost feel that I discovered you.” [MORE] |
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Lisa Brochu specializes in interpretive master planning, interpretive writing, and training. As associate director for the National Association for Interpretation, Lisa is responsible for planning, development, and supervision of programs, products, and services for the organization. [MORE] |
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K.C. DenDooven is the founder of KC Publications, the publisher of the “Story Behind the Scenery” interpretive books. K.C. started his career as a metallurgical engineer, but at the age of 32 let his passion for photography take over. [MORE] |
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Bob Jennings held nearly every elected office and volunteer position possible within NAI, including stints as secretary and vice president for administration on the national board, regional director, and section chair. He was posthumously awarded the NAI Fellow—the association's most prestigious award—in 2004. [MORE] |
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Colonel Richard Lieber founded Indiana’s state park system and supported “nature guiding” in that system. His vision remains a key element in the operation of Indiana’s state parks and reservoirs today. [MORE] |
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Tim Merriman, Ph.D., has been the executive director of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) since 1995. His career started as environmental programs director at Southern Illinois University’s Outdoor Labs near Carbondale, Illinois, from 1969 to 1972. [MORE] |
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Donald
McHenry Donald E. McHenry started out as a minister. But shortly thereafter, he became an interpreter of the earth, at Grand Canyon, Washington, DC, and Yosemite. His career in the National Park Service, spanning the years from 1932 to 1958, was marked by a constant push to bring people to an awareness and love of the natural world. [MORE] |
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Grant
Sharpe It is important that all of us in the interpretation field—particularly our younger colleagues who were unable to know Grant W. Sharpe personally—recognize the immense contribution this amazing man has had on us, on what we do, and on the things we care about most in professional life. [MORE] |
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Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was born on a farm in Wabash County, Indiana, as the daughter of Mark and Mary (Shallenberger) Stratton. She was the youngest of 12 children. [MORE] |
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Bert
L. Szabo In 1948, Bert Szabo graduated with degrees in agriculture and botany from Ohio University, after having his schooling interrupted by World War II. He served in various capacities with urban park districts and retired as chief naturalist of MetroParks, Serving Summit County in Ohio. [MORE] |
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Freeman
Tilden Born in Malden, Massachusetts, Freeman Tilden first began writing as a book reviewer for his father's newspaper. Later, he worked as a reporter for newspapers in Boston, New York, and Charleston. As a novelist and playwright, he traveled around the world. In the early 1940s, Freeman "tired" of writing fiction, and with the encouragement of Director Newton B. Drury, began to write about the national parks. [MORE] |
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Western
Interpreters Association In an audiotape70 provided to NAI as background on the Western Interpreters Association, Chris Nelson tells the story of Bill Knott coming to the Sacramento Junior Museum, where Chris served as executive director, to invite him to join his staff at the Oakland Parks and Recreation Department and East Bay Regional Park District. [MORE] |
| Donors
who contributed to this legacy exhibit include Anonymous, K.C.
DenDooven, Evelyn Kirkwood, Bruce McHenry, Ginger Murphy,
NAI Region 4, NAI Region 6, NAI Region 9, NAI
Region 10, Bertalan L. Szabo, WIA Leaders, and Mickey Willis. |
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