Dick & Pat Richardson with pictures

On Campus	Prairie Study
Wind Rivers Range, WY	Deseret Ranch, WY
Dick Richardson	Patricia Richardson
Education: BS, Texas A&M '59, Plant & Soil Science MS, NC State Univ. '61, Plant Genetics PhD, NC State Univ. '65, Genetics Awards & Elected Honors: Fellow: NSF, AAAS, Texas Acad. of Science, Wakonse-South Member: Sigma Xi, Soc. Am. Naturalists Certification: Educator, Holistic Management Recognition for Teaching: Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Univ. Texas Service Teaching Award - '04 Courses taught: Genetics, Genetics (Significant Writing Component), Statistics, Evolution, Population Genetics, Biotechnology, Conservation Biology, Natural Resource Management, Manifest Destiny to Globalization, Chemistry (Kamehameha High School, Honolulu, HI) Educational Philosophy Publications: 80+ research, 15 general science, 2 books co-authored, 1 book edited, many popular articles on sustainable agriculture. Research areas: Population genetics (fitness traits, behavior, speciation, biological pest control) - inactive Ecology (habitat selection, dispersal, prairie restoration, agro-ecology) - active Management Public policy of natural resources - active	Education: BA, University of Texas, Austin '65, Biology Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, '75, Biological Sciences Research Areas: Research biochemist - inactive (until she and Dick formed their holistic goal) Soil Biodiversity, dung beetle biology Ungulates as grassland keystone species Leadership and Honors: Director, Holistic Resource Management of Texas Co-Investigator, Environmental Mentors Program EcoFair of Texas, former director Courses taught: Freshman Biology Graduate Lab "Experimental Biology" Natural Resource Management, Manifest Destiny to Globalization Publications: Biochemistry, Ecosystem restoration, Dung beetle biology, Soil Food Web Note (key decision): She and Dick recognized that working together was an important value they shared. They invest their most valuable, and nonrenewable resource, *their* *heartbeats.*
Hobbies (current): Backpacking/hiking, flying (Commercial Pilot) Hobbies (former): Scuba diving Rodeo -- trick roping Training dogs and horses Gunsmithing Woodworking Baseball	Pat was a scientific mentor for Michelle Williams' third grade class at Ceasar Chavez Elementary School in Palo Alto, CA. Michelle was a student in her biology class at the U. of Texas in 1986. Now both Pat and Dick are acting as "scientific advisors" to a similar class at UC-Berkeley, where Michelle has completed (2004) her Ph.D. in Science Education.
	Pat and Dick prepare for a flight over a large ranch for aerial photos. Dick flies and Pat operates the cameras.