In an age of specialization, Bob has acquired an unusually broad-based understanding of the life sciences. Since 1975, when he came to Marlboro from the University of California at Santa Barbara, he has taught courses ranging from general biology to tropical, marine and desert ecology, and from ornithology to comparative physiology and plant taxonomy. Bob sees science as a way of knowing, a technique rather than a jumble of facts and figures.
Good experiments are critical to the study of any system.
I make sure my students are familiar with the biological environments of whatever they study, whether it be cells, organisms or ecosyste ms. Bob is also a strong believer in the liberal arts. When not in the classroom, Bob can often be found looking for a rare Vermont plant or animal. He has also found time to edit a cookbook for the local historical society.