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“The year of my birth was 1936. I was born and raised to the age of 14 in rural Vermont. This upbringing gave me an appreciation for the nourishment nature gives to one’s soul and deep-seated beliefs in honesty, integrity, and self-reliance. I moved to Los Angeles in 1951 and lived there and in Pasadena, Santa Monica, and Venice for most of the years until 1979. I then returned to my home town in Vermont for ten years, moving from there to Caspar in 1989. In 2000, I moved to Mendocino, California. I have three children, Lisa, Karen, and Lilli.
“My life experience includes a Bachelors degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology, a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, nine years in the Economics Department of the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California, including 3 years as the Program Director of the Health Care Research Program, three years doing computer-based analysis of the stock market, one year as an appliance repairman, and eight years consulting on energy policy issues, with emphasis on alternatives to nuclear power.
“In 1983, I founded Vermont Creative Software, a software development and marketing firm, and was CEO of the firm until 1999. This firm was sufficiently successful to allow me to devote myself, beginning in 1995, to public service.
“In 1995, I established Dharma Cloud Foundation to work towards improving the quality of life on the North Coast. In addition to Caspar Community, the Foundation has supported the Monday Night Sangha, the Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, the Mendocino Land Trust, the Coastal Commission's effort to get CalTrans to adopt a scenic bridge railing, the Mendocino Institute, and the Campaign to Restore Jackson State Redwood Forest.”
 10 Mile River bridge – a beautiful see-through bridge railing design due in large part to Vince's influence Vince lent his considerable analytical and organizational talents to the 'Caspar Project' from its beginnings in 1992– we never had a proper name for what we were doing until the formation of Caspar Community, Inc. “I came to Caspar just by chance. I saw Caspar Gardens and loved it. I still do.” Like many of us who found refuge in the edgy naturalness of Caspar but had the habit of activism, in 2025 in retrospect, he explained his involvement in the project, “I was just interested in improving and helping out where I lived. Given my present loss of ability, I find my past rather miraculous and impressive.” |
