I was hired in 1966 and Bob came to Palomar College a year later. As new teachers in a complex field, we became very close friends and spent countless hours together. In fact, I was his best man when he married his dear wife Donna. We had many biological and philosophical discussions about life and our purpose on this planet. Bob was an outstanding and very knowledgeable biologist. He also had a strong religious background so we had numerous interesting discussions.

We team-taught general biology classes at Palomar College and he was a truly dedicated teacher. When he introduced the basic principles of genetics (often called Mendel's Laws), with the help of the Drama Department, he dressed up like Gregor Mendel. When he introduced the scientific Theory of Evolution, he came to class dressed as Charles Darwin! The students loved his lectures.

Bob and I went on many wonderful Palomar College field trips together. Some of our trips included the summit of Mt. Whitney in the Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino Meridian at summit of Mount San Bernardino, Anza-Borrego Desert, Bright Angel Trail to bottom of Grand Canyon, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In fact, on my first trip to the Virgin Islands I became fascinated with the West Indian locust, modern day source of copal. In fact, I am dedicating my West Indian Locust pages to Bob because he was with me on my quest for copal, the precursor of New World amber.

It is difficult to say goodbye to such a great man. He was truly an inspiration to me and one of the nicest persons I have ever met in my life. As I have said many times before about special people in my life, I will miss Bob very much and I will never forget him.