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Philip
M. Lintilhac
Phil lived in China and New York before moving
to Vermont in 1958. He graduated from the University of Vermont
in 1963 and earned a Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of
California. He has served on the faculty of UVM for over
30 years, specializing in plant development and the cellular
architecture of plants. In 2006 the Botanical Society of
America awarded Phil its Centennial Award recognizing excellence
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Crea S. Lintilhac
Crea
graduated from Skidmore College in 1975 and earned a Master’s
Degree in Teaching in Geology from the University of Vermont
in 1977. Crea pursued post-graduate studies and research
at the Marine Science Institute in Connecticut, the Graduate
School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island,
and the Geophysics Department at the University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, Scotland. She received an Honorary Doctor of Science
degree from Middlebury College in 1998. She is a member of
the Board of Advisors at the Rubenstein School of the Environment
and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont and serves
on the Water Resources & Lake Studies
Center board. Crea also serves as an officer and trustee
of several environmental advocacy boards in Vermont. |
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Louise Lintilhac
Louise graduated from Middlebury College in
2007 with a degree in Environmental Science. She lives in Crested
Butte, Colorado where she is employed at the Rocky Mountain
Biological Laboratory. The Laboratory was founded in 1928;
its mission is to advance deep scientific understanding of
nature that promotes informed stewardship of the Earth. |
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Raeman P. Sopher - Director
Emeritus
Raeman (Crea’s father) enjoyed a distinguished
career as a metallurgist before retiring in 1995. He received
a M.S. in Metallurgy from Grove City College in 1949 and
an M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Ohio State University
in 1956. Raeman worked in mechanical and physical metallurgy
at Battelle Memorial Institute (1950-59) and General Dynamics
Corp. (1959-62), where he worked on the development of ultrasonic
inspection of submarines. He joined the I.B.M. Components
Division in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1962 and later became
Manager of Semiconductor Technology Development in Burlington,
Vermont. Rae received special recognition in 1967 for his
research in semiconductor device metallurgy, and has received
numerous invention awards and patents for his work on semiconductor
device metallurgy. |
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Nancy Brink
Nancy graduated from Colby-Sawyer College in
1975 and moved to Vermont in 1978. In 2005 she was ordained
a minister after attending seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. She
has worked as the Foundation’s administrator for over 20
years. |
