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William W. Bushing
Civic Involvement
- CATALINA ISLAND MUSEUM, volunteer
- SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY, volunteer
- NORTH SUBURBAN YMCA (Northbrook, IL) Board of Directors
- CATALINA ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL Advisory Board of Directors
- CATALINA ISLAND SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Board of Directors
- CATALINA DESIGN CENTER Advisory Board of Directors
- MAYOR'S SELECT COMMITTEE, CATALINA WATER CONSERVATION Vice
Chairman
- EVANSTON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION Chairman, Lighthouse Nature
Center Committee
- NORTHBROOK VOLUNTEER POOL Volunteer lecturer for local schools,
libraries and civic groups on science and natural history subjects
Honors
- Who's Who in California
- Who's Who in the West
- Who's Who in the Media and Communications
- International Who's Who of Information Technology
Personal InterestsDr. Bushing has enjoyed a
wide range of intellectual and recreational interests which has kept him young
beyond his years (in his Harvard class reunion group photo, he was easil;y
recognized as one of the only individuals without grey hair). These varied
interests include:
- Natural history, especially of islands
- Biodiversity (including that of my fellow human beings)
- SCUBA diving
- Underwater videography
- Ocean kayaking
- Hiking and camping
- Documentary nature photography and videography (35mm, film,
digital video)
- Travel: Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the
moon
- The poetry of Robinson Jeffers
- The philosophy of Edward F. "Doc" Ricketts ("Doc" in
Steinbeck's Cannery Row)
- The fiction of John Fowles (especially The Magus)
- Observational astronomy
- Computers, computer graphics and programming (xBASE, Pascal,
BASIC, HTML)
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