April Meetings

Dates & Times Matinee, 2:30 p.m., Wednesday April 8, 1981

Evenings, 8:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, April 8 and 9, 1981

Place May Treat Morrison Auditorium

Speaker Dr. Bruce Bolt

Subject “What Will Happen in the Next 1906 Earthquake?”

April is the 75th anniversary of the great earthquake that devastated the city of San Francisco in 1906. Most of the damage was done when a fierce fire swept through the city leaving it in smoldering ruins. What would happen in the modern city of San Francisco if a catastrophe of the same inten- sity or larger occurred.?

Join Dr. Bruce Bolt, Director of the Seismographic Station, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Berkeley, for his timely lecture on the next earthquake in the Bay Area. He will discuss the prediction and possibilities of another large ‘quake and will describe what can be done to minimize both the risk and the damage.

Dr. Bolt, who has lectured and taught exten- sively in Europe, China, Japan, and Australia, serves on several geological and seismic commissions and is a Fellow of the Califor- nia Academy of Sciences.

As usual your membership card will admit you through the main entrance at Cowell

Hall or Wattis Hall entrances for the matinee.

Please be prepared to show your card once more at the auditorium door for the matinee program.

Special Exhibits

Crab pots, herring nets and salmon boats are part of the color and romance of the bay area, and in a beautiful exhibit opening April 19 at the Academy entitled, The Fishing Fleet: Changing Times, Changing Faces, you can share the excitement of this important aspect of San Francisco’s history.

Vivid color photos taken by Marie De Santis, (a commercial fisherwoman herself!) portray the joy of a healthy catch, and the frustra- tions of a tangled net; the hard work of net mending, (almost a lost art), and the camaraderie of the fishing fleet. Also on display to help tell the commercial fishing story are nets, traps and pots and even an old-world skiff.

See this Newsletter for details on a compan- ion symposium on fisheries entitled Man and the Sea: Our Marine Resources.

The Fishing Fleet will be on display in Hohfeld Gallery | through the summer.

The Wattis Gallery now houses a new perma- nent installation entitled Preservation of the Past from the collections of the Academy’s anthropology department. The four sections include: the paintings of Awa Tsireh and the pottery of Maria from the Elkus collection; Peruvian textiles from the Rietz collection; Hawaiian artifacts — mostly fish hooks — from the Ostheimer collection; and mortars and pestles from the Gould collection. All are displayed with photographs and explanatory text.

Warbonnet: Crow, Montana from the Feather Arts Exhibit.

Morrison Planetarium

Light Shows

Continuing exhibits include Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea, extended through September 7; Feather Arts: Beauty, Wealth, and Spirit from Five Continents, extended through May 17; Mirounga, through April 5; Western Wildflowers, Weeds and Grasses, through June 25; and Reflections on Alaska, through August 2.

The Last Question, which is based on a short story by Isaac Asimov, will give you a sur- prise answer to the ultimate energy crisis. Enjoy this exciting planetarium show at the following times: Monday through Friday at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday at

7:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. Holiday schedule April 13 through 17 at 11:00 a.m., 12:30, 2:00 and

3:30 p.m.

Exploring the Skies of the Season, a tour of the current night sky over San Francisco, can be seen at 11:00 a.m. each Saturday and Sun- day. Please use your planetarium passes for free admission to both of these shows.

Enjoy the two light energy concerts, featur- ing laser animation and multi-media projec- tions. Showtimes are:

Lights Fantastic: Friday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.

Rock Fantasy: Thursday and Sunday at 9:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 9:00 and 10:30 p.m.

Admission is $3.50 for adults for all perfor- mances and $1.50 for seniors (65 and over) and children under 10. ($1.75 on Friday and Saturday). Tickets are available in advance through BASS outlets or at the Academy box-office one-half hour before showtime. For Light Show information, call 387-6300 or 6301. For BASS outlets call 835-3849. Please Note: This is not a regular planetarium show, nor are your planetarium passes usable for this attraction.

Special Lecture

INDONESIA:

A Mysterious y and } Forgotten World

Thursday, April 23, 1981

at 8:00 p.m. in the Morrison Auditorium with Ornithologist Robert Hernandez

oh Strung out over almost 800,000 ’\square miles of ocean and straddling the equator between Asia and Australia is the remote and exotic * Indonesian Archipelago. On its 13,677 ‘islands are some of the world’s most fing unspoiled cultures including the \ Stone-Age headhunters of New Guinea, the gypsy pirates of the Spice | Islands and the Hindu trance-dancers of Bali. In the lush jungles and on | desert islands there is an equally ex- citing variety of wildlife. The deer and

| the birds of Malaysia blend and ‘ mingle with cuscus, tree kangaroos and birds of paradise and the legen-

dary Komodo dragon is a living fossil

whose population still roams a few

| small islands of the Lesser Sundas.

Robert Hernandez, ornitholo-

gist/ photographer, who has travelled extensively with Lindblad Travel as a naturalist, will discuss the fascinating

} flora and fauna of Indonesia and will share his exquisite slides of these

extraordinary islands.

Admission to this special lecture is free.

Inside the Academy

Dr. Frank Almeda, Jr., has been appointed to fill the Decker and Martha McAllister Chair of Botany at the Academy, it was recently an- nounced. Almeda’s specialty is the class- ification and study of the reproductive biology of the tropical flowering plants call- ed Melastomataceae, a large family most closely related to our own evening primroses. The Decker and Martha McAllister Chair of Botany is a fully endowed position created in late 1980 by Mr. and Mrs. McAllister of Hillsborough.

Students from nine Bay Area counties will be competing again in the Annual Science Fair this Spring. Their projects will be on display to the public, after the awards ceremony, from noon on April 4 through 5:00 p.m. — Wednesday, April 8, in North American and Simson African Halls and African Annex. Be sure not to miss this look at the creativity of the Bay Area’s youth.

Junior Academy Field Trips

This April the Junior Academy is offering special holiday field trips — one for Junior Academy members and their families and three for students 9-18 years of age.

Angel Island April 18

Join us and ferry across the bay to scenic Angel Island. There will be time to explore trails on your own after a tour of the island on the tram. Bring a picnic lunch and plan to spend the day. Open to Junior Academy members and their families.

Pepperwood Ranch April 21

See how a variety of coastal habitats res- pond to spring. The day will be spent at the Academy’s nature preserve in Sonoma county observing patterns in nature involving plants and animals. Age 9-18 years.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park April 16 & 23 Observe a portion of the coast redwood forest, and study the redwood community while hiking the trails in the area. A hot-dog cookout will follow. Age 9-18 years.

Monterey Bay Sea Otters Apirl 14

A scenic drive and informative presentation of the area. Age 9-18.

For times, cost and further information

please call the Junior Academy fora brochure at 221-5100.

Man and The Sea: Our Marine Resources A SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, April 25 9:30 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. In the Morrison Auditorium

San Francisco Bay has a rich heritage in fish and fisheries — yet it has changed dramat- ically. Pressing energy problems and chang- ing demand are currently forcing a reevalua- tion of this historic industry. Join resource management officials, scientists, commer- cial fishermen and interested citizens ina one-day symposium studying the present assets and future trends in this most valuable industry.

Program and Speakers

9:30 a.m. The Ocean: A Diverse Resource Charles Fullerton, Director of Califor- nia Fish and Game Department

10:00 a.m. History and Modern Trends Dr. Michael Orbach, Co-Director of Coastal Marine Resources, University of California at Santa Cruz

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. San Francisco Fisheries Andrea Katz, fishery scientist

11:15 a.m. A Wholesaler’s View Hugh Reilly. President of Horizon Shipping & Trading Corporation

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Developing New Fisheries Resources Dr. William Jensen, Director, West Coast Fisheries Development Foun- dation, Portland

1:15 p.m. Management of Fisheries John Baxter, Manager of Fisheries, California Fish and Game Department

1:45 p.m. The Fisherman’s Future Paul Woods, commercial fisherman

2:15 p.m. Break 2:30 p.m. Film: “The Old Man and The Sea”

To pre-register for Man and the Sea, please send a check made out to the California Academy of Sciences for $5 (members) or $7 (non-members), to the Education & Travel Department, Man and the Sea, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118. Tickets will be available at the door.

No refunds/no exchanges.

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Education and Travel

Nature Photography

Class Sessions: April 8, 15, 22 and May 6

7 - 9:30 p.m.

Field Trips: April 18 and 26

Monte Hartman, whose photos ‘‘Western Wildflowers, Weeds and Grasses” are now on exhibit at the Academy, will instruct this course in the class and in the field. Come and learn the techniques of interpreting nature with your camera from an expert!

The Natural History of Coastal California April 24 - 28

Dr. Stan Williams will lead members southward by bus to Santa Barbara. Highlights will include Point Lobos, Big Sur and Hearst Castle, the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens and Natural History Museum and a cruise to the Channel Islands. Cost is $585 from San Francisco. For information, call Gulliver’s Travels at 346-4400.

Canyonlands Nature Photography Expedition

May 29 - June 7

Ernest Braun, well-known photographer, author and teacher, will lead members ona photographic expedition to some of the

most scenic areas in the United States. Par-

ticipants will camp in comfort as they photograph the splendors of Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Monu- ment, and Zion National Park. Cost is $890 plus air. For information, please call Nature Expeditions International at (415) 494-6572.

Pueblo Country | June 5 - 14, wait-list only

Alaska June 6 - 21

Jacqueline Schonewald will lead members On Our popular annual tour to the great State of Alaska. A cruise to the Columbia Glacier, several Days in Mt. McKinley Na- tional Park, a visit to the ‘Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes” and some time in Glacier Bay are but a few of the high points of this tour. Cost is $2201 for land and $416 for air at current G.I.T. rates. For informa- tion, call Siemer & Hand, Ltd. at (415) 788-7186.

Indonesian Cruising Expeditions Departure Dates: June 12

July 15

July 24

August 11

The Indonesian Archipelago, one of the most exotic and scenic areas in the world, straddles the equator between Asia and Australia. Bali, Komodo, and Papua New Guinea are but a few of the exciting ports- of-call as Academy members sail through this fascinating chain of islands aboard the Lindblad Explorer. A number of departure dates are offered. Costs range from $4580 to $10,040 for the cruise portion of the trip. Air costs depend upon the departure date selected. For information and a brochure, call the Academy Travel Office at (415) 221-5100.

The Galapagos Islands July 15 - 29

Come aboard the M.V. Santa Cruz on our an-

nual tour to those “living laboratories of evolution’... the Galapagos Islands, with the guidance of Dr. Sylvia Earle. Lindblad Travel is offering a ten-percent discount on a limited number of cabins to Academy members. Costs range from $1890 - $3040 for land/cruise arrangements and $863 for air at current G.I.T. rates. For information, call the Academy Travel Office at (415) 221-5100.

Galapagos resident

Zambezi Safari July 27 - August 15

Dr. Lawrence Swan will lead members to Zambia and Zimbabwe along the Zambezi River on a fabulous safari adventure. Game drives, river trips, and guided treks highlight our exploration of the Luangwa Valley, Kafue National Park, Victoria Falls and Salisbury, the capital city of Zimbabwe. An optional extension to Botswana’s Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park is also available. Cost is $2040 for land and $1720 for air at current rates. Botswana extension is $695 additional. For information, call the Academy Travel Office at (415) 221-5100.

National Parks Tour Il September 12 - 20

Mr. Charles Chesterman will lead members on a geological exploration of several of our national parks. Geologic history will be easily viewed and understood in the set- tings of Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park and the magnificent Grand Canyon. For information call Gulliver’s Travels at (415) 346-4400.

Baja California Overland November 7 - 14

Annetta Carter leads one of our most popular annual tours to the beautiful Baja California Peninsula. Members will travel by bus as they explore the fascinating history and natural history of this area. A one-week cruise by boat through the Sea of Cortez is available for those who wish to continue their Mexican adventure. For information, please call the Academy Travel Office, at (415) 221-5100.

Coral Sea Cruising Expedition November 15 - December 13

Dr. John McCosker will lead members on a spectacular cruise aboard the Linblad Ex- plorer to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Wild, remote coral islands — untouched by man — are the homes for a variety of wildlife including abundant sea birds and over 2000 species of fishes. This trip is co- sponsored with the Oceanic Society. Costs range from $4910 - $8320 for the cruise. Air is $2093 at current G.I.T. rates. For a brochure, call the Academy Travel Office at (415) 221-5100.

New Members of the Academy

Regular Members

Mrs. Vera Abraham

Mr. Robert Asquith

Ms. Lucille Ann Beisbroeck Mr. Adam Bennett

Ms. Janice Bennett

Ms. Nancy Billings

Mr. Frank Bonaventura Ms. Judith A. Boyajian

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert P. Brann Mr. Steve Brock

Mr. Harrison T. Brownell Dr. William G. Buchanan Mr. Bruce W. Burtch

Mr. Kenneth D. Butcher Ms. Helen Callbeck

Dr. Philip H. Chamberlain & Dr. Lillian Chamberlain D. Chojomanski

Kristina Clarke & Douglas Putman Ms. R. Cole

Ms. Dorothy Collier

Miss Ruby E. Collins

Mr. John Conrow

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Conroy Mr. Jack N. Corbett

Mrs. Dorothy Corwell

Mrs. Aphrodite Cuneo

Ms. Davida Desmond

Ms. Katherine V.G. Dickinson Mr. & Mrs. Fred Diercks Mr. & Mrs. Steve Edgett Mr. Blair E. Estes

Mrs. Arlene Featherstone Dr. Scott W. Fisher

Mrs. Dianne Foley

Mr. Thomas A. Foley

Ms. Joli Forth

Ms. Janet Foster

Mrs. Joan Fray

Ms. Angela Garcia

Mr. William Garth, Jr.

Ms. Helen Garfolo

Dr. Wayne M. Getz Penelope A. Globus

& Kevin Norman

Miss Meridie Gordy

Ms. Mary Gould

Ms. Peggy Graves

Mr. & Mrs. Stu Greene

Drs. Maleah Grover

& Charles McKay

Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Harrison Mr. Daniel Haynes

Mr. Christopher Hays

Ms. Donna Heath

Ms. Celia |. Helliwell

Ms. Amanda H. Heming Ms. Irene Higgins

Mr. Paul L. Hill

Miss Carol Hooper

Ms. Ruth Hoppin

Ms. Lorraine M. Humes Mr. Alex Inkeles

Ms. Stephanie F. Jeong Mr. Jacob S.D.M. Jeshurun Ms. June Jobin

Miss Marjorie P. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Ernest M. Kahn Dan Kassell

Marjorie |. Kelley

Susan B. Kemble

Ms. Kathleen A. Kerr

Mr. John David Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kobialka Mrs. Edna Koehler

Mr. Victor V. Kolon

Mrs. Grace La Rue

Ms. Francoise Le Plat & Family Mr. & Mrs. Lichtenstein & Family Mr. Miles Lightwood

Merle Lindgren

Mr. Douglas A. Lohafer Mr. George Lum

Ms. Anita T. Mahan

Ms. Susan Mak

Judge J. Fred Malakoff Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Marcucci Mr. Russell Martindale

G. Mathew

Mrs. George Matsutsuyu Mr. & Mrs. James McGarry Ms. Marta McGovern Susan McLean

Ms. Fern G. Middleton

Ms. Charlotte M. Milcetich-Picallo Mr. & Mrs. George Miller Mr. Rudeen Monte

Mr. David Mooberry

Mr. William James Mooney Mr. Hyland Morrow

Ms. Irene L. Moylan

Dr. Raymond Mundt

Ms. Jane Murphy

Mr. Carl B. Nagel

Neil Nakagawa

Lexie Nall

Mr. & Mrs. Clark Nattkemper Mr. Thomas B. Newman Mrs. Dorothy Nielsen

Mrs. Betty E. Olsen

Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Ordway O’Rourke Family

Ms. Marie C. Ory & Family Mr. Charles Pardini

Mr. James Miller, Pastor Ms. Ruth Pedersen

Dr. Harman V. S. Peeke

Ms. S.M. Petro

Mr. Ned Phipps

Mr. Dave Powell

Mr. Zev Pressman

Mr. & Mrs. George A. Proctor Ms. Helen Quinn

Mr. Arthur Regan

Dr. William Renwick

Mr. & Mrs. Roger H. Richman Mr. Tim Robbins

A.F. Roth

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Roth

Dr. D. Stewart Rowe

Ms. Rainy Rust

Mrs. H.S. Ruth

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ryall

Mr. Sylvester D.F. Ryan

Mr. Nathanial Ryburn

Ms. Susan R. Sattler

A. Scharlach

Ms. Lina Schreier

Ms. F. Scott

Mr. Richard H. Segel

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Sells Gordon & Norma Lee Shaffer Mr. William A. Shaw, Jr.

Mr. W. Dennis Shepler Surta Singh

Ms. Natalia Spechtold

Dr. D.W. Steinberg

Mrs. Alice E. Steiner

Mr. Steven A. Stepka

Ms. Frances J. Sticha

Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Stimpson Mrs. Glenn Storek

Mr. Gary R. Summers Kathleen L. Sweeney

Mrs. Russell Syman, Jr.

Mr. Jean-Luc Szpakoeski

Contributing Members Mr. Mark Bahti

& Mrs. Ulla Lehtonen-Bahti Dr. & Mrs. Robert P. Banka Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Benedict Ms. Margaret S. Cotchett

Ms. Gretchen Cronrath

Mr. James A. Cutter

Mrs. Philip J. Fields

Dr. Bruce M. Gach

Mrs. Erna O. Gorman

Mrs. John H. Hall, Jr. Lauraette C. Hinshaw

Mrs. E. Gay Kocmich

Miss Jane Krill

Mr. Michael M. Levine

Mr. Ronald D. Lipsy

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Moffatt Mr. William C. Petru

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pitsker

Mr. Al Quance

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Rubino

Mr. Richard J. Sarni

Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Wetmore Mr. James K. Wiggin

Sustaining Members

Mr. Richard J. Guggenhime Mr. Jim Osborn Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Smith

continued next month

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April, 1981

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