Dan grew up in a small town in up state NY and had 18 students in his HS graduating class. He started working with a paper route at 13 and is still working at age 79. Dan was a marine OCS Air Cadette until his flight instructor flew him upside down in an open cockpit biplane, at which point he switched to a communications officer. He spent 30 years at IBM in Contracts and Procurement, and following his retirement has been a Contracts Management Consultant dealing with companies in (or wanting to get in) the Federal Market place. (At 79 Dan is either slow to realize that “working sucks” or he hasn’t found anything he likes better; therefore, N B Rotary should put him to work to prepare him for a turn as President).

Mark Foraker is Director of Manna Foods, which is the main distributor of foods for the needy in Montgomery County. Manna collects food that is no longer marketable in the County food stores. Manna was established in 1983 with Giant Food as its major contributor at 1400 lb/day. They service the 8% poverty plus 39% of the County elementary school students. They have a 6 hour turnaround. On Fridays children are given a 6 lb bag of food to take home for the weekend. Manna helps the effort to improve children’s diet by lowering sodium and sugar.

Donald Boesch, UM Professor of Marine Science, is on a board that advises the MD Governor on the Chesapeake environment. The Chesapeake is the largest estuary in the US and its watershed extends over six states and DC, and accommodates a popula- tion of more than 15 million. The Bay is a highly productive estuary with high economic and social importance to the region. The 1972 Agnes storm was a wake up call. Prior to 1972 there was strip mining of oysters and the industrialization of agricul- ture. The storm created an excess of nitrogen and phosphorus. A board was created with members of the 6 states to restore the health of the Chesapeake