Loren Eiseley - Essayist, Philosopher, Literary Naturalist

Loren Eiseley Society - Board of Directors

Dr. Bing Chen (President)

College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [Omaha, NE]

Dr. Thomas Lynch (Vice President)

Department of English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln [Lincoln, NE]

Mr. Aaron Vacin (Treasurer)

Infusionmedia Publishing Inc. [Lincoln, NE]

Ms. Cris Trautner (Secretary)

Infusionmedia Publishing Inc. [Lincoln, NE]

 

Mr. Ray Boice

Fossil Freeway Creator, Wildcat Hills Nature Center Board Member [Omaha, NE]

Dr. Thomas Bragg

Biology Department, University of Nebraska Omaha [Omaha, NE]

Mr. Steven J. Eggerling

[Omaha, NE]

Dr. George Engelmann

Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska Omaha [Omaha, NE]

Ms. Meredith McGowan

Independent Humanities Scholar [Lincoln, NE]

Ms. Erin Willis

Pius X High School [Lincoln, NE]

 

LES Advisory Council

Ms. Deborah Derrick

Independent Humanities Scholar [Omaha, NE]

Dr. Mary Liz Jameson

Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University [Wichita, KS]

Ms. Christine Lesiak

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications [Lincoln, NE]

Dr. Susan Maher

College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Duluth [Duluth, MN]

Dr. Scott Slovic

English Department, University of Idaho [Moscow, ID]

Ms. Barbara Sommer (Fmr. LES Pres.)

BWS Associates [St. Paul, MN]

Ms. Polly Wimberly

Independent Humanities Scholar [Lincoln, NE]

 

In Memoriam

Mr. James Cook

Independent Humanities Scholar [Lincoln, NE]
September 13, 1950 - February 24, 2023

Mr. Morrie Tuttle (Fmr. Treasurer)

Independent Humanities Scholar [Lincoln, NE]
September 28, 1932 - April 22, 2021

Rev. Darrel Berg

Retired Clergy and Humanities Scholar [Coupeville, WA]
November 14, 1920 - August 15, 2019

Free Event:
Topic: Loren Eiseley's 117th Birthday Reading
Date: Sat., Sep. 7, 2024
Time: 11am-12noon CDT
Place: Irvingdale Park, Lincoln, NE
Info: Event Info
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Quote:
"The door to the past is a strange door. It swings open and things pass through it, but they pass in one direction only. No man can return across that threshold, though he can look down still and see the green light waver in the water weeds."

- Loren Eiseley, "The Snout," The Immense Journey
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