Gallery

Michael and his team of local volunteers and students and professors from the US worked to develop the best solution for delivering water to a Honduran village.  The design was often unique because of the varied terrain. Over several years, Michael, his Honduran partner Rolando, and local and US volunteers designed and built water delivery systems in rural Honduras.

Very often Michael and his team worked in difficult and uncomfortable settings in rural, mountainous Honduras. The group spent many hours collecting data and conducting practical research on the ground, before they began construction. This was a typical “meeting room”.

Michael with his two beloved sisters, Ann and Ellen. Ann, in whose memory the Foundation was named, was the director of travel at the National Geographic Society and was killed in the 9/11 attacks. Ellen, on Michael’s right in the photo, is a retired elementary school teacher in Virginia.

One of the most important things in Michael’s life was his friendships. This is a photo of his friends from the Caddy Camp days gathered to watch a baseball game. They kept in touch for over 60 years.

Michael and his university students and colleagues at a work site in honduras.

Michael posthumously received the Warren A. Hall Medal for distinguished contributions to water resources from the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR).

Michael with Honduran children during one of the building projects. Water projects have brought to these villages a new way of life for children and adults.

Michael, in his beloved sports car, Home in Corvallis, waving to visiting colleagues and friends.

While attending a class reunion at WMU, Michael stepped back into his disc jocky persona—taking a few minutes at the microphone in the W&M Radio station. He loved Rock ‘n Roll!