Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments ON L y at the end of a project like this does one begin to realize how many have lent a hand. At the risk of forgetting some of those who have helped along the way, I would like to express a few special thank-yous. First things first. For help in arranging and providing the funding that kept my rent paid for the duration, thanks to the Aldo Leopold Shack Foundation, the Sand County Foundation, the National Wildlife Federation , the Vernon Taylor Foundation, Reed Coleman, and Ronald Mattox. My work could not have been started, nor finished, without the support , encouragement, and understanding of the entire Leopold family. Without exception, they were open and cooperative, and urged me to take my own approach to this material. I am likewise grateful to all of Leopold's colleagues and students with whom I had the opportunity to work. I am particularly indebted to Robert McCabe, Joe Hickey, Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom, Arthur Hawkins, Douglas Wade, Albert Hochbaum, Lyle Sowls, and Bill Elder for their contributions. I was guided in my work by an enthusiastic committee of academic advisors. John Ross always kept his office door open, while providing invaluable wise counsel and logistical support. Gretchen Schoff, Tom Vale, Allan Bogue, Robert McCabe, and Joseph Hickey read and reread my drafts and were always eager to sit down and talk it over. Their dedication and the interest of their respective families have been, to say the least, greatly appreciated. Many other members of the University of Wisconsin staff and faculty assisted me at one time or another. Special thanks to Tim Allen, Grant Cottam, John Thomson, Hugh lItis, Cal DeWitt, Arthur Hasler, Orrin Rongstad, Bill Jordan, Madeleine Doran, and Clarence Schoenfeld. The staff and students of the Institute for Environmental Studies were a steady source of support over the long haul, especially Arthur Sacks, Barbara Borns, Eileen Hanneman, Beverly Helms, Emily Earley, Steve Pomplun, xxxv Acknowledgments and Tom Sinclair. The Department of Agricultural Journalism also contributed immensely to this work; extra special thanks to Debbie Dunn, who spent untold hours at the word processor with this manuscript. The Department of Wildlife Ecology graciously adopted me as one of their own for the duration of my research and writing. My good friends in the dungeon were particularly helpful, offering their encouragement and enduring patiently my constant stream of questions. James Liebig of the University of Wisconsin Archives shared the many long hours of archival research that went into this book, keeping me going with his coffee, his cooperation, and his tales of life in Beaver Dam. Thanks also to Frank Cook and Bernie Schermetzler of the University Archives, to George Talbot of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, to Jim Voegeli, and to Drs. Avery Harrington and Jeffrey Brown of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, who helped me with some medical questions. Anyone interested in Aldo Leopold's life owes a great deal to Dr. Susan Flader of the University of Missouri. This biography could not have gotten off the ground without her foundation of scholarship. In this regard, I would also like to thank J. Baird Callicott of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point for sharing of his expertise. My friend Anne Ross generously donated her time and her sound legal advice to this effort. For his early encouragement, thanks to Bill Kurtis of Oxford University Press. The unflagging interest of everyone at the University of Wisconsin Press made this book possible. Alice Van Deburg took this project on as if it were her own, while Jack Kirshbaum edited the manuscript and shepherded it into production with patience and care. My research took me far afield and gave me the opportunity to work with editors, librarians, historians, foresters, wildlifers, rangers, and administrators from Tucson to Seattle to New Haven. Among those who guided me through the unfamiliar territory of the American Southwest: Eddie Alford, Elliot Barker, Anne Bordenave, Jerry Davis, Bruce Donaldson , Leon Fisher, David Gillio, Bill Hurst, Bergere Kenney, Jack Kenney, Martin McAllister, Wayne Nicolls, Peter Pilles, John Ross, Bob Shiowitz, Dick Spray, Bill Snyder, Lowell Sumner, George Taylor, Norm Tessman, Jesse Williams, John Young, and Bill Zeedyk. Out east, I relied on Judy Stark, Ann Ramadei, and Joe Miller at Yale University; Francis Dykman of the Lawrenceville School; Richard McCabe of the Wildlife Management Institute; Tom Watkins of the Wilderness Society; and Dennis Roth of the history section of the U.S. Forest Service. Thanks also to...