Dr. Braithwaite,
I went to Friday Harbor with you in 1983, and took Zoology 202 the semester before. I loved the Friday Harbor excursion and gained a wealth of knowledge and experience there. I thought your lectures were really interesting and your artwork was just amazing. I remember once when you told of a mysterious thief who had been stealing your fishes from a tank. After losing several expensive specimens without a trace, you told how you brought a sleeping bag to the lab and waited for the culprit to appear only to witness your octopus climb from an adjoining tank into the fish tank and back after enjoying an expensive fishy meal. I have been teaching middle school science for 26 years and, more recently, Oceanography 101 at the local junior college. I continue to share the octopus story with both my middle school and college students.
Thank you for a wonderful education.
(Alan Valentine earned a BS [Zoology '85] and went on to earn an MA in Environmental Education in 1992 from CSU San Bernardino. He now teaches Middle School in California.)
Monday, February 7, 2011
"Thanks for opening my eyes" (Sophie Hill '09)
"O happy living things! No tongue(Sophie Hill was one of your TAs during the 2008-09 year, and she now teaches Middle School in Idaho)
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gushed from my heart,
And I blessed them unaware:
Sure my kind saint took pity on me
And I blessed them unaware."
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge, when describing the beautiful, phosphorescent sea creatures.
Thanks for opening my eyes to this world!
Sophie Hill
Former TA, '08-'09.
BS: Integrative Biology, Marine Biology Emphasis '09
Currently a Middle School Science Teacher in Idaho.
Friday, February 4, 2011
"Thank you, Lee" (C. Riley Nelson, `86)
I thank you, Lee Braithwaite.
You still have a sense of wonder for the living world, and that is lost to many people. I hope to always remember with fondness all the times you wandered into my office or I wandered into yours. We share a love of natural history, art, and concern for student learning. The importance of history in the development of ideas, of holding a vial from expeditions in the deep past, and of respecting the work of others are all fond memories of working with you.
I value the time I spent with you moving the marine lab materials from Monterey to Charleston. It opened my eyes to better teaching, and living, with students. You are a gentleman with kind advice for me, or anyone who will listen. I listen regularly and take it to heart. You helped me immensely as I began the transition to being a faculty member here in the Biology Department.
Oh that we can keep the love of life together for much longer on this wet planet.
Thank you, Lee.
Riley
Dr. C. Riley Nelson
Professor of Biology and
Alcuin Teaching Fellow
Department of Biology, WIDB 401
Brigham Young University
You still have a sense of wonder for the living world, and that is lost to many people. I hope to always remember with fondness all the times you wandered into my office or I wandered into yours. We share a love of natural history, art, and concern for student learning. The importance of history in the development of ideas, of holding a vial from expeditions in the deep past, and of respecting the work of others are all fond memories of working with you.
I value the time I spent with you moving the marine lab materials from Monterey to Charleston. It opened my eyes to better teaching, and living, with students. You are a gentleman with kind advice for me, or anyone who will listen. I listen regularly and take it to heart. You helped me immensely as I began the transition to being a faculty member here in the Biology Department.
Oh that we can keep the love of life together for much longer on this wet planet.
Thank you, Lee.
Riley
Dr. C. Riley Nelson
Professor of Biology and
Alcuin Teaching Fellow
Department of Biology, WIDB 401
Brigham Young University
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