Adirondack Peeks Summer 2024

SR: Lastly, I would like to ask, what keeps you volunteer ing for these organizations. As a mother of five, with nine grandchildren, what fuels you? LR: Once you are involved in the outdoor world, you find out about what keeps everything going behind the scenes and all the needs that are out there. Organizations have needs all the time and I feel like I should step forward. You know I love these places and I love these groups that are working so hard to protect them. I just can’t say no. It’s that simple! * * * Laurie’s passion for nature is contagious. She loves her volunteer work because she loves the land and wants to care for it. One of the most joyful moments during our conversation was when she told a story about visiting her son’s house. A sudden burst of light glowed in her eyes. While she and her son chatted in the kitchen, Laurie over heard her granddaughter conversing in the next room with a friend, saying, “When I grow up, I’m going to build lean-tos like my grandmother!” Leaders aren’t born, they’re made. Laurie listened for the tower bird and discovered the white-throated spar row. She talked to the chipmunks, observed the winter robins, the bobcat with her kittens, the geese, and the owls, while exploring the forest and mountains with an inexhaustible physical and mental alertness. Her commit ment to step forward and work to preserve the land she loves leaves a trail of inspiration for her children, grand children, and for all of us who know her to follow.

Laurie with Tower, Photo by Tom Rankin

Past Presidents

President

46er Number Year(s)

President

46er Number Year(s)

Grace L. Hudowalski 9

1948–1951 1951–1953 1953–1956 1956–1957 1957–1958 1958–1959 1959–1960 1960–1962 1962–1965 1966–1969 1969–1970 1970–1973 1973–1975 1975–1978 1978–1981 1981–1984 1984–1987

Jules J. Comeau

646 1455

1987–1989 1989–1992

Werner O. Bachli William E. Endicott Herbert C. Allen, Jr. Rudolph W. Strobel

33 80 96 98

June F. Behr

Joseph C. Urbanczyk 2151

1992

Tim Tefft

616

1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1997 1997–2000

Philip B. Corell Nancy D. Allen George Sloan Barbara L. Harris Mary Lou Recor James A. Barnshaw Thomas B. Wheeler

224W 2355 2651W

Richard T. Babcock 115

Robert B. Mitchell

117

Henry N. Germond 172

2824W 2000–2003

F. L. Peter Stone James G. Bailey

74

2214W 4156W

2003–2006 2006–2009

233

William C. Frenette 216

3356W 2009–2012 2924W 2012–2015

Glenn W. Fish Winifred Lamb

536 367

Sally Hoy

Brian Hoody

4410W

​2015–2018

Edwin H. Ketchledge 507

Siobhan Carney Nesbitt Laurie J. Rankin

5930W 2018–2021

Walter G. Herrod Philip B. Corell

750

5525WV

2021–2024

224W

Donald J. Hoffman 1148

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