Current position:
President, EAC/Archaeology, Inc.
Responsibilities:
I perform archaeology, architectural history, archival research and heritage tourism development with a particular emphasis on public archaeology. I manage all day-to-day operations of the company and am responsible for oversight of all research, survey and excavation.
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts, history and political science, Hood College, 1977
Master of Arts, anthropology, University of Kansas, 1981
Doctorate in progress (all but dissertation), University of Maryland
Where did you live as a student:
I was all over! In my first year, I was a day student. As a sophomore, I lived on the second floor of Coblentz Hall. As a junior, I was at the University of London (living at Richmond College), and as a senior, I was a day student again as I completed classes a semester early.
Favorite class you took at Hood?
History 344 “A Century of Revolutions 1750-1850” with Dr. Leonard Latkowski
How did your experience at Hood influence or shape your career today?
The superb history and political science department classes, especially those taught by Dr. Virginia E. Lewis, Dr. Gerald D. McKnight and Dr. Leonard Latkowski, gave me a broad background that I was able to parlay into a successful career in archaeology.
What made you decide to attend Hood?
I matriculated at Hood as a 16-year-old early admission student. I graduated from high school in nearby Thurmont a year early and was anxious to begin college. Hood was close to home, small and had an active day-student population. We also had a great lodge where we could gather and study in front of the fireplace!
What is your fondest memory of your time at Hood?
I can’t limit this to just one! 1) Driving Shirley Chisholm from Washington, D.C., to Hood for her Community Forum lecture during the first month of my freshman year. It made me feel that I was a valued part of the Hood community! What an honor! 2) Writing an editorial for The Blue and Grey during my sophomore year in which I argued that Hood should select a woman as the next president…and it happened! Dr. Martha Church was hired and served as president for 20 years!
Describe Hood in one word.
Transformative
What did you do in the year immediately after graduating?
I began graduate school at the University of Kansas in anthropology, with a concentration in archaeology.
Define your most successful moment or experience.
Serving as the first city archaeologist for Baltimore and establishing the public archaeology program.
Stranded on an island, what three things are you sure to have with you?
Knife, fishhook and water purifier.
Advice to current Hood students?
Take advantage of every opportunity, especially the ones that seem to be oppositional to your intended path. My experience taught me that one backs into the best circumstances, and those unexpected, unintended and unforeseen opportunities make all the difference.
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