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Dr. llTopos continued front page 1 ~ Y yli~ .[v `y ~Lrv- ~w'~ . , Cloud, Minnesota before moving to the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota and Medical School. He married his wife, Kay, while still in medical school and spent the next 59 years sharing a wonderful life. World War II called him to medical duty and he rose to be an Army Colonel in the Medical Corp, serving in many medical centers of the Unit- ed States Army. Upon returning to private life, Dan became a doctor at Northwest- ern Hospital, which Iater became Ab- bott-Northwestern Hospital. There, as a surgeon, he became Chief of Staff, as well as a Clinical Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. His specialty was abdominal surgery with an emphasis on cancer- ous conditions. Dan was regarded as a wonderful teacher to nurses and the medical staff atAbbott-Northwestern and served on the Board of Directors to the hospital. He always had time for a quiet talk with patients and staff and was admired by many As a doctor, Dan understood the importance of training students in the environmental sciences. In 1982, he endowed a program for the Fresh- water Foundation at the University of Minnesota's Gray Freshwater Biolog- ical Institute. Well-funded with $500,000.00, the program brought in renowned scientists with interests in freshwater resources from around the globe. These specialists spent several summers at the institute sharing their knowledge with advanced students and scientists. Dan's first cousin, Dr Malcolm Moos, was President of the University of Minnesota at the time the Gray Freshwater Biological Insti- tute was conceived by the Freshwater Foundation, and Dan became very fa- miliar with the goals and work of the Freshwater Society_ The "Moos Summer Program" experienced a hiatus when the Uni- versity of Minnesota returned the in- stitute to the Freshwater Society. The Society is pleased to announce the continuation of this endowment in the summer of 2003. This important program is being restructured and will become an environmental learn- ing curriculum for teachers at all Iev- els of education. A Teacher's AIliance has been formed, consisting of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Cen- ter, University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences, and the Fresh- water Society. A weekend retreat at Wolf Ridge ELC in Finland, Minneso- ta, was held May 3-4, to formulate the details of the joint efforts. The first results will be a limited Teacher's Al- liance program this summer. The program will focus on educating teachers on environmental principles. The teacher's will be given the tools to pass the knowledge on to their stu- dents, whatever their subject or grade level. We are certain Dan would ap- prove of the new Teacher's Alliance, as has his son, Charles Moos. Charles was a valuable member of the Board of Directors of the Freshwater Foun- dation for 18 years. Both Dan and Charles Moos have made their mark on the world of freshwater and the cause to keep our waters usable. FACETS Spring 2003 Leaders of the joint efforts "Teacher Alliance' program include: (left to right) Dr. Robert Elde (Dean, College of Biological Sci- ences, U of MN); Dr. Richard Caldecott (Freshwater Society); Dave Chittenden (Science Museum); Dr. Gary Deason (CEO, Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center); Jim Hansen ice Chairman, Freshwater Society); Richard Gray (Founder, Freshwater So- ciety); Dr Jim Peterson (CEO, Science Museum); and. Donald Brauer (Executive Director, Freshwater Society).