earp Creating Acadia National Park The Biography of GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR Ronald H. Epp . FRIENDS OF ACADIA BAR HARBOR, MAINE Dedicated to the memory of my wife FRIENDS OF ACADIA Elizabeth Clewell Epp (1943-2013) Friends of Acadia 43 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 www.friendsofacadia.org Published in the United States by Friends of Acadia Note: My first encounter with Acadian Copyright © 2016 by Ronald H. Epp to prography was prompted by Elizabeth Foreword copyright © 2016 by Maureen Fournier All rights reserved urging. As a child she repeatedty visited M.D.I. In 1973 we departed from Library of Congress Control Number: 2015956685 ISBN 978-0-9968614-0-3 (paper) Memp his TN enroute to the Caradian Maritimes Days spent hiting the trails fro 10987654321 First Edition our base in Blackwoods ignited mg intere to Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper in the origins of the Park. Relocation Book design by Z Studio, Bar Harbor, Maine in 1985 made visits eagerard more Portions of this book originally appeared in the Friends of Acadia Journal frequent CT Relationshops with residents, Park Cover: George B. Dorr, detail from 1919 photograph from the collection of the Cadillac and Dorr mountains in background by Aimee Beal Church/Friends of founders were interviewed. Over the next park staff and descendants of Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine. Aerial photograph showing Sand Beach with Acadia. Front Inside Cover: Unattributed illustration from page 1 of George B. threedecades Elizabeth's biological expert Dorr's Sieur de Monts Publication I (1916); Dorr and Interior Secretary Franklin Lane atop Cadillac Mountain, August 1917. Courtesy of the National Park Service, Acadia National Park. Back Inside Cover: Dorr, NPS Director Stephen T. Mather, theory and practices. In every paragrap and helped me appreciate Dorr's conservation and party, June 1922. Herbert W. Gleason, photographer. Courtesy of the National Park Service, Acadia National Park. contained herein is her passion love. sustained support for this labor of R.H.Epp. 2021. Elizabeth C. Epp 47 Pondview Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 (603) 424-6149 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Lowell General Hospital 2001 - present [201]] Lowell, MA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY PERFORM SPECIMEN PROCESSING AND STAINING FOR THE ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC BACTERIA, FUNGI, AND PARASITES, ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING, AND MOLECULAR TESTING FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. MAINTAIN QUALITY CONTROL FOR MEDIA AND TEST PROCEDURES AND INVENTORY FOR MEDIA AND REAGENTS. University of Connecticut Health Center 2001 Farmington, CT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST 2, MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, LABORATORY MEDICINE PERFORM MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY TESTING IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY, INCLUDING HIV-1 AND HCV QUANTITATIVE VIRAL LOADS AND PCR TESTS FOR BACTERIA, VIRUSES AND PARASITES. 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SCHEDULED STAFFING AND PREPARED PROCEDURE MANUALS. EVALUATED NEW PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AS ROUTINE TESTING METHODS. PERFORMED ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS AND SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR HEPATITIS, HIV-1 AND SYPHILIS. University of Massachusetts. Lowell. School of Health and the Environment Clinical faculty in Medical Technology Program/Clinical Lab and Nutritional Program. 2006-2008. Hartford Hospital 1987-1991 Hartford, CT MICROBIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR, CLINICAL LABORATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS INSTRUCTED STUDENTS IN MICROBIOLOGY IN NAACLS ACCREDITED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN PROGRAMS. LECTURED IN ALL AREAS OF MICROBIOLOGY (BACTERIOLOGY, MYCOLOGY, PARASITOLOGY, VIROLOGY). SCHEDULED, ORGANIZED AND SUPERVISED STUDENT LABORATORIES AND ROTATIONS IN THE MICROBIOLOGY DIVISION OF THE HOSPITAL CLINICAL LABORATORIES. SERVED ON UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AND MANCHESTER COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. SUPERVISED LABORATORY EDUCATION ASSISTANT. PERFORMED SPECIMEN PROCESSING, STAINING, ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA AND VIRUSES AND SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR HEPATITIS, HIV-1 AND SYPHILIS. University of Connecticut Health Center 1987 Farmington, CT RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIST, MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL FOR THE EVALUATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING PRE-TERM LABOR. PERFORMED CULTURES FOR THE ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA AND MYCOPLASMA. PERFORMED ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES TO LYME DISEASE. Hartford Hospital 1985-1987 Hartford, CT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, MICROBIOLOGY DIVISION PERFORMED SPECIMEN PROCESSING, STAINING, ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA. PERFORMED ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES AND ANTIGENS FOR HEPATITIS AND HIV-1, LATEX AGGLUTINATION TESTING FOR BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL ANTIGENS AND SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR SYPHILIS. ISOLATED AND IDENTIFIED VIRUSES AND CHLAMYDIA WITH CELL CULTURE AND IMMUNOFLUORESCENT PROCEDURES. Methodist Hospital 1979-1985 Memphis, TN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIST, MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED NEW PROCEDURES IN VIROLOGY, MYCOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY ESTABLISHED CELL CULTURE LABORATORY FOR CLINICAL VIROLOGY, CHLAMYDIA ISOLATION, AND TOXIN ASSAYS. TRAINED AND SUPERVISED TECHNOLOGISTS. MAINTAINED FROZEN STOCK CULTURES OF BACTERIA, VIRUSES, AND CELL LINES. RESPONSIBLE FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND REVISIONS IN ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING TECHNIQUES. ORGANIZED MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING FOR CLINICAL TRIALS OF NEW ANTIBIOTICS. PREPARED PROCEDURE MANUALS, SUPERVISED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS, LECTURED AND TRAINED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS AND PATHOLOGY RESIDENTS IN MICROBIOLOGY TECHNIQUES. PERFORMED ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC BACTERIA. ELIZCV05.DOC EPP REV. 10/5/05 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 1973 - 1979 Memphis, TN RESEARCH TECHNICIAN, DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES ESTABLISHED CELL CULTURE LABORATORY FOR ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HERPESVIRUSES. PREPARED AND MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURES OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL CELL LINES. PERFORMED IMMUNOFLUORESCENT ASSAYS FOR VIRAL ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES. PREPARED, STAINED AND SCANNED NEGATIVE STAINS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF VIRAL PARTICLES BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. INOCULATED, BLED AND AUTOPSIED MICE AND RATS FOR STUDIES OF VIRAL AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS. Anne Arundel General Hospital 1969-1971 Annapolis, MD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST PERFORMED ROUTINE AND SPECIAL CHEMISTRY TESTS IN CLINICAL LABORATORY. ISOLATED AND IDENTIFIED BACTERIA, FUNGI AND PARASITES FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS. Roswell Park Memorial Institute 1966-1969 Buffalo, NY JUNIOR SCIENTIST PERFORMED PRIMARY AND CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURES OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL CELL LINES FOR VIRAL PROPAGATION AND CHARACTERIZATION. PURIFIED VIRUS PREPARATION BY ULTRACENTRIFUGATION. PREPARED AND STANDARDIZED FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY REAGENTS. PERFORMED COMPLEMENT FIXATION AND FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY STAINING PROCEDURES. University of Rochester 1964-1966 Rochester, NY RESEARCH TECHNICIAN, DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY PERFORMED PROCEDURES FOR THE ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS INCLUDING ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY AND ACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS. ROUTINE HANDLING OF RAT COLONY MAINTAINED AS A MODEL SYSTEM FOR STUDY OF VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY. EDUCATION University of Memphis M.S. in Biology 1983 Memphis, TN CONCENTRATION IN MICROBIOLOGY WITH COURSES IN MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION. University of Tennessee, Memphis B.S. in Medical Technology 1979 Memphis, TN University of Tennessee, Memphis 1971-1973 Memphis, TN GRADUATE STUDY IN MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND BIOCHEMISTRY. ELIZCV05.DOC EPP REV. 10/5/05 Cedar Crest College B.A. in Biology 1964 Allentown, PA PUBLICATIONS Tsongalis, G.J., B. Mandavilli, E. Epp, and W. Rezuke. 1997. The use of a PCR based assay for the detection of TCR Y rearrangements in the evaluation of T-cell neoplasms. Association for Molecular Pathology. San Diego, CA Banevicius, M.A., E. Epp, C.H. Nightingale, D.P. Nicolau. 1995. Influence of Oxyrase on the microdilution susceptibility testing of B. fragilis to five antimicrobials. American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Washington, DC Siles, F. J., R. W. Cartun, E. Epp, et al. 1993. Comparison of immunoreactivity for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) -related antigen in formalin fixed sections with serology. Modern Pathology 114A. Robinson, A., E. Epp, and J. Tetrault. 1992. Cost-effectiveness of repeat testing to verify reactive hepatitis marker results in an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) system. American Society for Microbiology General Meeting. New Orleans, LA Spencer, K. and E. Epp. 1981. Microorganisms - the perfect control. J. Histotechnology 4: 177-178. Feldman, S. and E. Epp. 1977. A viremic phase for Herpes Zoster in children with cancer. J. Pediatrics 91: 597-600. Feldman, S. and E. Epp. 1976. Isolation of Varicella-zosten virus from blood. J. Pediatrics 88: 265-267. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science American Society for Microbiology Northeast Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease CERTIFICATION American Society of Clinical Pathologists Medical Technologist MT(ASCP) # 132227 Specialist Microbiology SM(ASCP) # 974 REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. ELIZCV05.DOC EPP REV. 10/5/05