Hello to Don Gilbert!

Hi everyone! I’m alive and kicking in the Los Angeles area and am coming back for the reunion. ‘Can’t wait to see everyone. After graduation, I went to Colorado State U. graduating in forestry in ’74. Met my wife-to-be, Jane, (CSU Journalism, ’74) shortly after graduation. Worked as a forester, ranger, conservationist (commuted daily to the top of Pikes Peak on the Cog Railway) and fought forest fires. Went into the forest products/wood industry business and became president of the Colorado Forest Products Ass’n where I discovered I kinda liked association work.

Did a stint in the Catskill Mountains managing a forest association; moved to Omaha for 3 years where I managed two nature centers; and then moved on to LA where I have what is known as an association management firm – managing various non-profit professional organizations like the Structural Engineers Association of So. Cal. Moved here in 1993, just in time to experience the Northridge earthquake. Jane and our daughter, Lynn, work with me so we’ve made it quite a family business. Lynn’s still single but the boyfriends keep coming – I’ve taken to calling all of them Charlie until she settles on one.