Some Oldies But Goodies

Omar Vidal & Ana Luisa Figueroa, cruising in Sonora. ~1988

Michel Hendrickx, Nick Yensen, Lloyd Findley, Doug Siegel-Causey in the northern Sea of Cortez ~1979

Ernesto Campos, Ruben Rios, Bill Newman, San Diego, CA. ~2000

Rick Brusca, Ana Luisa Figueroa, Lloyd Findley, San Diego, CA. Photo by Omar Vidal ~1990

Luis Bourillón, Tim Means, Andrea Saenz, filming for Desert Speaks PBS series aboard the Don José. ~2006

Eli Kalko and Rodrigo Medellín, chasing lesser long-nosed bats in Kino Bay, Sonora. 2011

Ray Manning, Fenner Chace, Horton Hobbs Jr., at the Smithsonian Institution. 1970s

Science crew and officers, 1934 Allan Hancock Expedition to the Galapagos Islands. First row, far right = John Garth. Second row, second from left = Cpt. Allan Hancock. Second row, third from left = Waldo Schmitt.

Guess who!

Gary Brusca, Joel Hedgpeth, Rick Brusca, Tom Bowman. Crustacea conference in honor of John Garth, Seattle, WA 1977

To download a pdf of Gary Brusca’s obituaries in the SCAMIT Newsletter, click here GJB Obituary.pdf. To download a pdf of “Nature’s Laws” by Waren Stauls (Gary’s nom de guerre) click here W. Stauls, Nature's Laws.pdf

To visit Tony Brusca’s band’s website (Gary’s son), go to: http://www.thenickelslotsmusic.com/.

To download Tony’s song remembering Gary, after his passing in 2000, go to: 09 Riverbed.m4a

Alex Kerstitch (left front) and Don Thomson (right front). Sea of Cortez, ~1971

Chuck Lowe, in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua ~1975

Don Thomson, playing frisbee in the Sea of Cortez ~1971

Deborah Goldberg, Curcurpe (Sierra Madres) Sonora ~1974

Richard Felger, Botany Curator, L. A. County Natural History Museum ~1968

John Hendrickson, Sea of Cortez ~1972

Manuel Molles, Sea of Cortez ~1973

Paul Dayton & Hans Herrmann, after a dive in Guaymas, Sonora 1982

Alejandro Robles, wind surfing in San Carlos 1984

Hugo Montiel, Omar Vidal, Ed Pfeiler, aboard the R/V El Puma, Sea of Cortez 1987

Doug Peacock, Tucson 1971

Doug Peacock; party at Carrie Niethammer’s house 1972

Rick Brusca; party at Carrie Niethammer’s house 1972

Doug Peacock & Lloyd Findley, Baja 1972

Ed Pfeiler & Terry Perez,

San Carlos 1984

Nick Yensen & Dave Lindquist (with dog Scamp), on a panga out of El Golfo de Santa Clara (upper Gulf of California) 1972

Joel Hedgpeth, asleep on the deck of a Mexican shrimp boat in the Sea of Cortez 1971

Joel Hedgpeth and Sir Maurice Young, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico 1971

J. Laurens (Jerry) Barnard and Wolfgang Wagele, working in Brusca’s lab, LACM, early 80s

J. Laurens (Jerry) Barnard, negotiating with a Mexican ice cream truck, L.A. early 80s

Carrie Niethammer, Rick Brusca, Margie Stinsen, Nick Yensen. Down-and-out on the streets of Guaymas, Sonora. Late 60s.

Carrie Niethammer and Sir Maurice Young, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora ~1970

Gary Poore, Rick Brusca, and their new friend Ron. Venice Beach, CA ~1979

From bottom left: ?, Gary Poore, Todd Haney, ?, Sarah Riseman, Niel Bruce, Rick Brusca. 1997

From left: Marilyn Schotte, Niel Bruce, Gary Poore, Wendy Moore, Rick Brusca, Brian Kensley. 1997

Lloyd T. Findley and Sonnie Hull get married. Los Angeles, 1976 (distracted Best Man, R. Brusca)

R. Brusca & W. Moore working in Stefano Taiti’s lab (Florence, Italy ~1999)

W. Moore & R. Brusca, Charleston, South Carolina ~1994 (it was a groovy kind of night)

Wendy Moore & Gary Polis, Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California ~1989

Wendy, Fiji ~1995

Wendy, Charleston, South Carolina ~1995

Wendy with Cuna women, San Blas Islands, Panama ~1995

Brian Kensley & Rick Brusca, Amsterdam. 1998

Niel Bruce, Wendy Moore, Rick Brusca, Jim Lowry. Charleston, South Carolina. ~1994

Jim Lowry & Rick Brusca, Charleston ~1993 (including photo of Lowry wearing his X-Ray glasses).

Wendy Moore, about to excavate a large leaf-cutter ant (Atta sp.) nest in Costa Rica. ~1998

Ernesto Campos and John Markham ~1980

Crustacea Biology course at the University of Southern California’s marine lab on Catalina Island. Instructors Rick & Gary Brusca; guest lecturer Fred Schram; students. ~1976

R. Brusca & W. Moore, Pisa, Italy ~1998

Kip & Ian Will , on a rainy night collecting beetles in Costa Rica and using a leaf of Gunnera insignis (“poor man’s umbrella”) ~2003

Kip Will & Rick Brusca, body surfing very big waves at Playa Grande, Costa Rica ~2003

Brian Kensley, Amsterdam 1998

Ed & Trini get married. Tucson, Arizona 2004

Wendy Moore, Jim Lowry, Carlene Brusca,

Ray the Cat ~1997

Gary Poore, Erfoud Oasis, Morocco ~1998

Wendy Moore and friend, Casablanca ~1998

Graffiti left by crew of Velero III in 1932, on one of their visits to the Galapagos Islands (photographed in 2006). For a pdf of a journal by the ship’s physician click here: Palmer 1934 Velero III in Galapagos.pdf

Gary & Rick Brusca

Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming ~1949

Carlene Brusca, Natalie Findley, Elvis

Vegas ~2006

Paul Dayton (hat), family, and friends. Outside San Carlos (Sonora), 1950s. Note the Tetas de Cabra range on the horizon.

Christine Flanagan. Sea of Cortez. ~1970

Left-to-right: Bob Frye, John Hendrickson, Peter Cook. Seining in the Colorado River Delta ~1970.

R. C. Brusca & Gary J. Brusca. Northern California, 1970s.

Bob Brownell, Lloyd Findley, Silvia Manzanilla, ?, Omar Vidal, vaquita porpoise. Sea of Cortez (1985)

Ray Bock & Chris Flannagan, El Golfo de Santa Clara ~1969

Lloyd Findley & Shelly Applegate, Sea of Cortez ~1969

Lloyd Findley, Tucson’s Rodeo Days ~1969

Golden Puffer Awardees, University of Arizona, Tucson

Don Thomson, Sea of Cortez, early 1970s

Lloyd Findley, Tucson, 1974

Omar Vidal, Lloyd Findley, Ana Luisa Figueroa. Dart-tagging whales in the Sea of Cortez. ~mid-1980s

Don Thomson, Sea of Cortez, April 2016 (enjoying a grunion run near El Golfo de Santa Clara). Photo by C. Ivanyi

Clark Blake, Nancy Burnett, Dan Lynch. Pinacates, ~2009.

Lloyd Findley and daughter Elizabeth,

Christmas 1998

Wendy Moore, Chichicastenango, Guatemalan highlands, 1997

RCB, 2003

Wendy Moore, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, 1998

Jim Lowry & Wendy Moore, Ayer’s Rock, Australia ~1996

Wendy Moore & Lloyd Findley, San Carlos, Mexico ~1998

Wendy Moore & La Familia Findley, Basaseachic Falls, Chihuahua, Mexico ~1998

Paul Dayton, contemplating the future of the 45th president of the United States, as prophesied on a can of beer. Pinacates, 2018.

Ray Wells & RCB

Sea of Cortez ~1997

Larry Lovell 1975. No ... really.

Dan Dauer, Kristian Fauchald, Larry Lovell

7th International Polychaete Conference (2001 Reykjavik)

RCB, Larry Lovell, Marley the Wonder Dog. 2020

Crustacea Lab, L.A. Co. Museum of Natural History, 1988. From L to R: Pedro Baez, Bob Peck, Paul Delaney, Hans Kuck, Jody Martin, Lauma Jurkevics, Tim Stebbins. Photo courtesy Hans Kuck.