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Peccary Society News Spring 2005
A Newsletter for Friends and Supporters of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Hadrosaurs And Helicopters:
Summer Peccary of 2004
By Don Lofgren
It was 10 a.m., July 31st. We were
standing in a flat, sage-covered area
adjacent to Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument. At first, I heard
nothing. Soon, a faint engine sound
was evident, which steadily grew louder
and louder. Suddenly there it was, the
helicopter. From it hung a cable which
grew longer and longer as the helicopter
rose over the ridge. Finally, the end of the
cable cleared the ridgeline and a cargo
net containing a huge block of plaster
covered rock appeared. In that block
was a very rare hadrosaur or duck-billed
dinosaur skull, the most complete and
best preserved ever found in southern
Utah. Cameras were rolling. Slowly, the
helicopter descended near us, gently
lowering the cargo net. When the
block was on the ground, the cable was
released and the helicopter flew away
in a crescendo of wind and whirling
noise. Suddenly, all was quiet. The
skull was safe. We had done it. Almost
immediately, the big plaster block was
carefully loaded onto a truck and taken to
the University of Utah so paleontologists
there could include it in their study of
Utah hadrosaurs. The next time I saw it
was November 5th at the Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
in Denver when the skull was featured in
two oral presentations. The importance
Profi le view of very rare Alf Museum hadrosaur skull
of the specimen and the good work of
the Alf Museum and Webb students
were noted by both researchers. Also, our
well-preserved skull settled the issue of
which hadrosaur was present in southern
Utah during the Late Cretaceous time, 75-
million years ago. Based on fragmentary
fossils, Kritosaurus was thought to be
the one present, but our skull showed
that it was actually Gryposaurus who was
roaming southern Utah back then. The
summer of 2004 was great for the Peccary
Society. We accomplished a lot, with some
firsts, as we: (1) made another important
contribution to scientific knowledge; (2)
collected our first dinosaur skull; (3) used
a helicopter extraction for the first time;
(4) made a DVD that included footage of
the lift and drop; and (5) had a lot of fun
doing it.
It all began in August 2002 on the
next to last day of our Summer Peccary
Trip. We were prospecting for sites in
the Late Cretaceous-aged Kaiparowits
Formation within Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument and
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Katie Kent ’05 filming Thea Hinkle ’05 at work on location in
Utah for “Jurassic High: Fossil Detectives at Webb” DVD
Hadrosaurs and Helicopters
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Duncan Everhart, one of our volunteers,
announced that he had found something
big on the side of a steep canyon. The
next day he took us to the site. It was
impressive, as scattered down the side
of the canyon lay two hundred bone
fragments. At the top of this fragment
trail, was a three-foot-long mass of
bone protruding from rock. Field
identifications are notoriously incorrect
as one can only see some of
the bones and they are often
exposed at odd angles due
to erosion. But based on
size and the way the bone
was concentrated in a single
mass, we guessed it was
either the pelvis or skull of a
large dinosaur. Because the
trip was ending the next day,
we decided not to excavate. We collected
the eroded bone fragments, covered the
bone mass with plastic bags and loose rock
to protect it from the elements and left,
planning to return in 2003.
People often ask me, “Won’t someone
find the specimen and collect it first?”
The answer is no. We usually work in
very remote areas where few people
wander. In fact, we nearly didn’t work
in this area either. The Summer Peccary
Trip had been going out to Montana to
collect dinosaurs and other vertebrates
for most of the 1990’s, but by 1998,
our Montana research project started to
Based on size and
the way the bone was
concentrated in a single
mass, we guessed it was
either the pelvis or skull
of a large dinosaur.
wind down. About this
time, my wife and I bought
40 acres of unimproved
land in a remote area of
southern Utah adjacent to
BLM-managed land. Soon
thereafter, this BLM land
was designated as part of
Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, or my
new neighbor. This chance
development inspired me
to start work with Webb
students in this relatively
unexplored region of
Utah using the “Lofgren
Ranch” as a base camp. We now camp
on my land and walk from there into the
monument whose badlands yield fossils
of Late Cretaceous vertebrates. Our camp
is seven miles down a bumpy dirt road
from the highway, so few venture our way.
I prefer this isolation as it enhances the
camping and field expedition experience
for everyone, especially students. We
received a permit to collect in the national
monument in 1998 and have been
working there ever since. Not once in
those seven years have I seen a non-Webb
person in the badlands.
I was sure our pelvis or
skull was safe.
The focus of
the Summer Peccary
Trip in 2003 was to
evaluate the big find
from 2002. In general,
there are two types of
federal permits: (1) a
surface permit where
you can collect specimens exposed on
the surface and dig to a depth of 41 cm;
and (2) an excavation permit where you
can dig deeper in the process of removing
something large like a partial skeleton.
Even though we only had a surface
permit, we were granted permission to
excavate deeper than 41 cm to determine
exactly what was there. We did, and it
was evident that a pair of lower jaws
was positioned on top of the big mass
of bones. This could only mean that
Duncan had found a skull with its lower
jaws still in articulation; an extremely rare
find. We were thrilled. We plastered the
exposed bone and buried the specimen
again, planning to return in 2004 with
an excavation permit. Because of its size
and remote location, it was obvious that a
helicopter would be needed to get it back
to camp.
Soon after returning to Webb, I
applied for the permit. At this same time,
we were also involved in a project to
produce an educational DVD with the
exhibit design firm Think Jacobson &
Roth to show to museum tour groups.
Think Jacobson & Roth came up with
the idea to have the DVD’s story revolve
around a “students as fossil detectives”
theme and include footage of the then
upcoming helicopter extraction. We
decided on the title “Jurassic High:
Fossil Detectives at Webb” and shot the
museum location footage in June. Our
budget did not allow bringing a film crew
out to Utah, so Katie Kent ’05 was trained
to use a high tech movie camera and we
rented one for the Utah part of the shoot.
In June, we also received our excavation
permit to remove the skull by helicopter
so we were good to go.
Excitement was high as we set up
camp at the “Lofgren Ranch” in July.
Our student team included all current
Rogers Peccary Scholars and J. Kong ’05,
J. Liu ’05, V. Charoonratana ’05, S.
Cook ’05, J. Gluckstein ’05, P. Aguilera ’05,
Rogers Peccary Scholars (l-r): T. Hinkle ’05, C. Johnson ’06,
E. D’Amico ’05, A. Greening ’06, S. Lewis ’06, M. Torres ’06,
J. Baron ’06, J. Taylor ’06, M. Issa ’05 and K. Kent ’05
M. Pastrano ’07, T. Lane ’07, D. Ugolick ’07,
G. Shih ’08, F. Ali-Khan ’08 and
D. Issa ’08. Faculty and other adults
included A. Graybeal, D. Schuhl, S.
Kingsbury, J. Enders ’01, Everhart,
Museum Board Chairman Larry Ashton ’70,
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Webb Schools Trustee Mickey Novak ’70,
his wife Jody and others. We quickly got
to work. Some of the group excavated
the skull while other students shot the
scenes needed for the DVD. Classic
Aviation out of Page, AZ was hired to
do the lift (set for July 31st at $925
an hour). By July 29, the skull block
was ready. It weighed 400 pounds. We
were thankful that a helicopter would be
coming as the thought of carrying it out
by hand was unimaginable. On the 31st,
the cameras were fully charged. Katie
Kent ’05 would hike out to the site and
film the lift, and Larry Ashton ’70 would
film the drop near camp. No one had ever
airlifted dinosaur bones from the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument
before; we were excited to be the first. The
entire experience was all new to me, as in
my 20 years of fieldwork I had never been
part of an expedition where a complete
dinosaur skull was found or where an
airlift was needed to remove a specimen.
The airlift went without a hitch.
We finished the DVD and it was shown
for the first time at the Peccary Dinner last
October. It is now part of our daily tour
schedule for visiting school groups. The
skull is on loan to paleontologists at the
University of Utah and will be returned
to us when they are done with their study
(two to three years). When the skull does
arrive, it will be displayed prominently
as it has an important story to tell in the
history of life and it represents another
great achievement by the Peccary Society.
The upcoming Summer Peccary Trip
is scheduled for July 24 to August 14 in
2005. Can we top the success of our 2004
trip? I’ll keep you posted. For support
of fieldwork, we thank the Mary Stuart
Rogers Foundation, John Rogers ’59,
Ceci and Dan Reynolds ’63 and Blake
Brown ’68. For support of DVD
production, we thank Avery McCarthy ’52,
Webb School of California Class of 1953,
The Ahmanson Foundation, Weingart
Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hsu.
Peccary Memories
from the Badlands
By Thea Hinkle ’05
Every day, on the recent Summer
Peccary Trip, I rose from my tent around
9:00 a.m., took a quick shower and
hopped into the suburban, getting out a
few minutes later only steps away from
the hadrosaur toe site in the Kaiparowits.
I wish! In reality, I woke up early, to a
chorus of my fellow campers, when the
air was still cold. After a short ride to the
jeep trail, everyone in the crew trekked
in until we reached a patch of low brush,
where we abruptly cut in and zigzagged
down a sandy mountain. We used a
major wash called Wahweap Creek as
a reference point as we climbed up and
down various ridges, a three-mile trip
one way. This was no Jurassic Park.
Though I was present to see the
entire story of the hadrosaur skull
unfold, I spent most days on the past
three Summer Peccary Trips in Utah
prospecting for new finds and carrying
out large fossils. Every morning, I made
sure I had my field gear as I hiked into
the unexplored territory past the point
I had reached the previous day. One
day, I found a flat area with tons of
small snail shells littering the ground. I
scoured the piles of shells looking for the
most complete specimens. After looking
around the area more, I found a dinosaur
vertebra that took Jordi Baron ’06 and
I three days to excavate. We looked
forward to carrying it out as we chipped
away at the rock, because it was a nice
specimen and it was relatively small.
I had already gone through the
mother of fossil retrievals: dragging part
of a hadrosaur leg that Alex Greening ’06
and Stephen Lauria ’04 found in 2003
out of the badlands on a stretcher made
of duct tape and metal poles. I was the
only girl on the team that carried out
the first section of these large leg bones.
We left immediately after binding the
seventy-pound plaster block containing
the leg bones to our stretcher, so that we
could have as much time to carry out the
block as possible. We powered up and
over ridges in short bursts, taking turns
with our partners of complementary
height. It was a hot day and with the
extra effort of carrying the block, I ran
out of water, a most vital necessity in
the heat of July. Kit Clark ’04 saved me,
sharing the extra water bottles he carried
for his companions.
In 2004, I was again on the team
carrying out the rest of the hadrosaur leg.
It was almost a joyous occasion; people
were singing, we had a large group to
carry the find and we enjoyed a leisurely
afternoon at camp once we got back
early. John Enders ’01 and Mark Torres ’06
were playing their guitars as the rest of
us napped in the sun. As she often does,
Mimi Issa ’05 was making something
delicious in our makeshift kitchen; this
time, it was garlic tomato bruschetta.
Most days, I was usually dirty from
sliding down a hill or tired from miles
of prospecting, but sitting in my camp
chair underneath the starry night sky was
always the most comfortable place to be.
Last summer, the students continued
the tradition of playing cards at night,
eventually moving to the edge of camp
to search for blinking satellites. These
memories are so essential to peccary
trips that mine have blended the three
summer trips into one. The story of my
peccary experience came to a fantastic
conclusion with the landing of the
helicopter which flew the hadrosaur
skull to Lofgren Ranch. For me and
the other peccary people, it has been
an exciting ride.
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Peccary Society to Celebrate
100th Anniversary of Alf’s Birth
On December 10th 1905, in
Canton, China, Raymond Manfred Alf
was born. On October 28, 2005, the
Peccary Society will gather at the 13th
Annual Peccary Dinner to honor and
remember Ray in a celebration 100
years after his birth (44 days short of
exactly 100 years). The dinner program
will include an overview of his life and
accomplishments, including some rare
video. Also, a few peccary alumni will
deliver short testimonials about Ray and
his influence.
The October Peccary Dinner will
also mark the official announcement by
the Board of Trustees of the Raymond
Alf Museum of Paleontology of plans to
renovate the Hall of Life by 2009. The
first step in this process is to complete an
Exhibits Concept Plan for the hall. The
museum will contract Think Jacobson
& Roth to do the plan, the same firm
who designed and implemented the
renovation of the Hall of Footprints
in 2002. The results of the Hall of
Footprints project were stunning and
everyone is excited about seeing the
same type of transformation for
the Hall of Life. Ray Alf’s famous
personal tour of the Hall of Life
was titled “From Stars to Early
Civilization,” where he told the
story of the history of life in his
own personal style. Few who took
Ray’s tour were not enthralled by
the experience. Similarly, the new
Exhibits Concept Plan will merge
Alf’s vision of telling a story with
modern exhibit techniques and the
most recent scientific information
(plate tectonics, radiometric dating,
geology of Mars, cladistics, etc.).
The new tour design will be named
“From Stars to Early Civilization,”
in honor of Ray and his legacy.
When the renovation of the Hall
of Life is completed, both museum
display areas will be state-of-the-art
exhibition halls. Laudate Deum!
Dr. Raymond Alf holding a “document of life,” a rhino skull
from the White River Badlands of Nebraska
Museum News
MUSEUM AWARDED FEDERAL GRANT
Securing federal grants is very difficult as funds are tight
and competition is fierce. But through the outstanding efforts
of development staff of The Webb Schools, the museum
received its second federal grant since 2001. The new one is a
three-year $74,655 Museums for America matching grant from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services. (Museum will
need to raise $75,000 to match the award.) The grant is for
improving and expanding public programming and includes
six parts: 1) Paleo Explorer self tour guides for visitors;
2) New curriculum packets for school tour groups; 3) Teacher
education workshops; 4) Classroom Connection presentations
at local schools; 5) Web site renovation and expansion with
multiple pathways for visitors, students and educators; and
6) Summer science program (week-long) for 5th and 6th grade
girls. Objectives outlined in the grant will take three years to
be fully implemented. When completed, the Alf Museum will
be an industry leader in public science education. Director of
Education Heather Moffat will oversee the implementation of
all aspects of the grant, assisted by Museum Educator/Scientific
Illustrator Kathy Sanders and Public Outreach Coordinator
Linda Petrone.
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RAFT THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON IN 2005
Millions of people see the Grand Canyon from its rim, but only a few
thousand raft through the canyon. So join our chartered trip and experience
exceptional camping, beautiful hiking, fantastic geology, big rapids and lots
of them. The expedition traverses 190 miles of the mighty Colorado River
where rapids have names like House Rock and Lava Falls. After six days on
the river, you will be flown by helicopter up to the rim and then by plane
back to the start point. Trip dates are July 10-16; cost is $1,995 per person.
To reserve space, contact Museum Director Don Lofgren at dlofgren@webb.org.
All members of The Webb Schools Community and their friends and
families are invited.
PALEONTOLOGY CONFERENCE AND RESEARCH
Don Lofgren, Malcolm McKenna ’48 and student Thea Hinkle ’05
presented a poster on the museum’s Goler Formation research project at the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in Denver last November. Jordi
Baron ’06 and Sarah Lewis ’06 also attended. A paper describing the occurrence
of the giant entelodont Dinohyus (extinct pig-like mammal) from Miocene rocks
in Montana is being prepared by Lofgren, Hinkle ’05 and Adrienne Wilson-
Muenchow ’04. Another manuscript by Lofgren, Ben Scherer ’02 and Kit
Clark ’04, “The first report of Stygimys from the Paleocene part of the North
Horn Formation (Utah) and a review of the genus,” has been accepted for
publication in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution. The paper, “Paleocene
mammals from the Goler Formation of California,” was recently published in
the BLM Millennium Volume: The Human Journey and Ancient Life in California’s
Deserts. Lofgren, McKenna and Matthew Lauria ’01 were authors. This is the first
paleontology research paper published with a Webb student as co-author.
MONGOLIA PECCARY TRIP
The Peccary Society visited Mongolia
in 1995, and it’s time to return. The
museum will offer an 18-day trip in
August-September of 2006, where
participants will visit dinosaur sites in the
Gobi Desert, cultural sites in and near
Ulaanbaatar (capital of Mongolia) and
more. Itinerary and other information will
be available on the museum Web site soon:
www.alfmuseum.org. Questions? Contact
Don Lofgren (dlofgren@webb.org).
ALUMNI TRIP APRIL 22-24, 2005
Eighteen vehicles lined up and full of fossil hunters
ready to collect on last year’s Alumni Peccary Trip
The Peccary Society will host its annual gathering in
Barstow this spring. The trip will convene at Owl Canyon
Campground in the Mud Hills northwest of Barstow on
Friday evening, April 22. Fossil collecting excursions to the
nearby badlands will occur all day Saturday and Sunday
morning. All members of The Webb Schools Community
are invited. Contact Don Lofgren at dlofgren@webb.org
if you plan on attending or have questions.
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Museum News (continued)
GRANT MEYER ’53
NEW PECCARY TRUCK
Grant Meyer ’53, former museum
director and graduate of Webb School
of California, passed away on December
22, 2004. An active peccary man while at
Webb, Grant went onto a distinguished
career in paleontology and worked at Yale
University for many years. He returned to
Grant Meyer ’53 (left) on the 1952 Summer Peccary Trip in
Nebraska, with Peter Ries ’54 (center) and Patrick Muffler ’54
Webb in the mid 1970’s to assume the directorship of the museum. Among his many
accomplishments, Grant presided over the formation of the museum as an independent
corporation, was instrumental in establishing a museum endowment, laid the initial
groundwork for the museum’s drive for national accreditation and modernized exhibits
in the Hall of Life. (A more complete biography of Grant Meyer ’53 will appear in the
next WEBB magazine.)
The museum has a new truck thanks
to the generosity of Larry Ashton ’70,
Ron Hagander ’66, Rob Gilmore ’70
and Dwight Taylor ’49. It’s a crew cab
with a topper; a great fit for hauling field
equipment, as well as students and their
gear. It will soon become very familiar
with peccary collecting sites all over
California, Utah and Montana.
Development
Dick Lynas ’55 Joins Museum Board
John “Dick” Lynas ’55 was elected to the Board of Trustees
of the Alf Museum in October. Dick is a very active Peccary
Society member and has attended more peccary dinners and
alumni trips than just about anybody. He recently served a term
on the Alumni Council of The Webb Schools where he was the
museum liaison.
Dick Lynas ’55 (2nd from left) on a recent Goler Research Trip, with (l-r) Bob Baum ’61, Lynas, Jim
Honey, Priscilla McKenna, Malcolm McKenna ’48 and Jay Lillegraven
Dick grew up in Southern California and moved to
Claremont in 1944 when his mother became secretary for
Girls Collegiate School. Leaving Claremont for three years to
board at Desert Sun School, Dick returned home and entered
Webb School of California as a sophomore and graduated in
1955. After attending the Naval Academy and UC Riverside,
he spent five years in the Navy, including two tours as a Naval
Aviator flying off a carrier in Vietnam. He married Sally
Bane of Oakland, Iowa in 1966. Returning to civilian life in
1968, he began a career working on military flight simulators,
starting with the Navy’s first digital simulator. Over the next
25 years, Dick worked in the maintenance, operation, design,
documentation and quality assurance aspects of simulation,
retiring in 1993. Since then, Dick has established a continuing
relationship with the museum, spending more than two weeks
a year volunteering as well as enjoying peccary trips. Museum
Director Don Lofgren notes that “Dick is a computer and
technology wizard who can fix any problem with lighting,
exhibits, computers, etcetera. He is a tremendous resource of
skill and knowledge, and I’m very pleased and thankful that Dick
has agreed to serve on the museum board.”
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Donors to the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Gifts made between July 1, 2004 and January 31, 2005
Founders Peccary Society
Gifts of $25,000 or more
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Gifts of $10,000 or more
Mr. & Mrs. R. Larry Ashton, Jr. ’70
Mr. & Mrs. Blake H. Brown ’68
Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm C. McKenna ’48
Anonymous
Gifts of $5,000 or more
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Augustyn
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Baganz
Michael M. Heflin, Jr. ’85
The James Irvine Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas F. Myles
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Reynolds ’63
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Rose
Dr. & Mrs. Peter W. Stanley
Bonanza Peccary Society
Gifts of $2,500-$4,999
Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Middleton, Jr. ’39
Dr. & Mrs. L. J. Patrick Muffler ’54
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Scherer
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Steinmann
Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Yu
Bridger Peccary Society
Gifts of $1,000-$2,499
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Adler
Michael S. Ashton ’67
Mr. & Mrs. William Baldwin
Dual Graphics
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Greening, Jr.
Hartman/Baldwin
Mr. F. Gard Jameson, Jr. ’71 & Dr. Florence Jameson
Mr. & Mrs. Kimball P. McCloud ’67
Diane Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Quiggle ’58
James V. Sylvester ’70
Mr. & Mrs. George Twist
Crawford Peccary Society
Gifts of $500-$999
Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Arnold ’69
The Revs. David Berkedal & Sally Welch
Drs. Daniel Gluckstein & Akemi Chang
Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Jones ’80
Dr. & Mrs. Mark W. Lauria
Dr. & Mrs. Don Lofgren
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Lynas ’55
Velma McKelvey
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mutschler
Resource Computer Solutions
John R. Stevens ’52
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Strathmann ’59
Florence Sutphen
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph T. Thompson, Jr. ’64
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Torres
Brian D. Zipser ’96
Dana B. Zipser ’94
Dr. & Mrs. Robert D. Zipser
Coconino Peccary Society
Gifts of $250-$499
Dr. & Mrs. Cleve Baker ’53
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Baum ‘61
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald D. Goldman
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Heslop
Aimee J. Holliday ’01
Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick N. Holliday
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Petrone
Dr. Tyson Shih & Mrs. Peggy Chang
Charles M. Welch
Barstow Peccary Society
Gifts of $100-$249
Robert J. Brignano ’90
Barbara Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Darryl E. Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Couwenberg
Dr. & Mrs. J. Paul Curry
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Everett
Mr. & Mrs. David Fleishhacker ’55
Mr. & Mrs. Leland S. Ford
Mr. & Mrs. J. Hallen Franks ’44
Dr. & Mrs. Donald J. Gjesdal
Russell R. Groat
Mrs. Barbara Hammerman & Mr. Raymond Lavine
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick P. Hard ’52
Mr. & Mrs. Verne James
Jarasa M. Kanok ’96
Leslie W. Knott
Linda Kraai
Keith W. Loring ’46
The Hon. & Mrs. Crane McClennen ’64
Mr. & Mrs. Barton R. McKay ’80
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Mulhauser ’60
Mr. & Mrs. Windelle Peddy
Peter Scharff ’61
Dr. & Mrs. John S. Shelton
Nancy Shobe
Ms. Alexandra Shockey ’87 & Mr. Jeffrey Shockey
Drs. Richard & Janet Smith
William D. Strathmann ’56
Mrs. Monica Atiyeh Whitaker ’96
& Mr. Benjamin Whitaker
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore L. White ’71
Dr. Eric Wong ’83 & Ms. Elizabeth Pak
Mr. Joe Woodward & Ms. Michelle Harold
Other Gifts
Advanced Color Graphics
Margaret H. Allen
Stephanie L. Atiyeh ’93
Marilyn Blum
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Boyce ’75
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clogher
Estate of June Hayward Fifield
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Fisher ’67
Mr. & Mrs. Bill C. Hanlon
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Harvey
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Heald
Colonel & Mrs. Peter V. Huisking (Ret.) ’67
Mr. Jonathan King ’98 & Mrs. Laura King ’98
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Kingsbury
Mr. Robert Lane & Ms. Yoshiko Yamato
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard C. Mapes
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Mercer
Dr. Ronald Miller ’50 & Mrs. Irene Morris-Miller
Heather Moffat
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Monroe, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Neuman
Marian Combs Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Orr
Ms. Ariel Parrish ’93 & Mr. David Parrish
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Sanders
Mr. & Mrs. Hiroshi M. Sasaki ’83
Mr. & Mrs. Homer W. Scott ’42
Clara Soto Ivey
Dr. & Mrs. Vincent Stenger
Patricia H. Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis W. Tong
Lee H. Toole ’48
Mr. & Mrs. John Tuteur ’59
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Veras
Frederick E. Whyte ’57
Natalia K. Wideman
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Endowing the Legacy:
Raymond Alf’s Centennial Celebration
Dr. Raymond Alf in front of one of his
greatest specimens, a huge trackway he
called “Footprints on the Sands of Time”
Raymond Alf came to
teach at Webb School of
California in 1929. One day,
he saw a fossilized horse jaw
in a local shop and inquired
where the owner had found
such a wonderful specimen.
This marked the beginning
of fossil collecting trips that
continue to this day and are
the source of 95% of the
Alf Museum’s collection.
What began with one man’s
curiosity has grown into
a world-class collection
of fossils that has inspired
students to pursue careers in paleontology and other sciences and
continues to attract a new generation of enthusiasts and scholars.
Ray Alf died in 1999 at the age of 93, but the museum that
honors his passion continues to motivate, educate and fascinate.
A significant updating of the Hall of Footprints was completed
in September 2002, continuing the evolution and furthering
the museum’s ability to carry out its intended mission. The Hall
of Footprints is considered to be the finest track and trackway
collection on display in North America, perhaps the world.
Today, it is necessary and appropriate as we approach the
100th anniversary of Ray Alf’s birth, to endow his legacy in
perpetuity. The Webb community shares a unique opportunity
in 2005 to ensure that the museum Ray founded continues to
flourish in its role as a unique education and research institution
and is available to inspire future generations of students.
For more information about how you can join the honor
roll of those committed to supporting the Raymond Alf Museum
of Paleontology, please contact Joe Woodward, Director of
Development, at (909) 482-5220.
Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
1175 West Baseline Road
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 624-2798
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