Scgis 1997 Founding Board Member: Dr. Michael Hamilton

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1997 Data:  Michael Hamilton, UC James Reserve CA 

Photo: 1991 A young Dr. Michael Hamilton, sporting the Nixon shorts so popular at the time, lectures about the James Reserve History in the original log lodge built in the 1930’s.  Dr. Hamilton was Host and Mentor for nearly all of SCGIS prehistory, founding and first few formal annual conferences.

2019 Links:

Michael Hamilton  mphamilton at berkeley.edu 

https://www.scgis.org/council/pages/michael_hamilton

2012 Interview:  ‘A “digital naturalist” studies climate change’   by Glen Martin    June 27, 2012

SCGIS 2015 Keynote speaker Presentation 

Scgis 2015 Conference Keynote Introductory Video Honoring Dr. Hamilton:

http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/hamilton.html 

Dr Hamlton was the first Director of the Univ of California’s  newest research reserve, Blue Oak Ranch Reserve.  

2019 Status: Recently retired after serving as the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Director, Dr. Hamilton has adopted a self-described lord of the rings quest for the one perfect camping spot, to rule them all.   Here he is in 2019, in a traditional Hamilton Clan kilt, his stalwart companion "Broican" the camper by his side,  en route from park to park across the west.