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A Conversation with Bob Bacon
( K d u c a lio n N e v e r E n d s )
by
Alison Pride
On the day I met Bob Bacon he was probably
peering into a microscope in front of Haystack
Rock I was a volunteer that summer w ith the
Haystack Rock Awareness Program and so was
he One day I taught him standing absolutely
still in front of the Rock, staring in what can only
be described as rapt admiration When I asked
him what he was looking at. he gestured
expansively outward a gesture that encompassed
the entire, awesome panorama I never get tired
of looking at it, he said A friendship was born
Many shared bottles of fine wine and gixid
meals later, I am even more impressed with him
A short history only makes a poor attempt to
describe his life he was the Professor of
Anatomy at the University of Oregon Medical
School from 1959 19#I, and retains the title of
Professor Emeritus of Anatomy for the Oregon
Health Sciences University In the late 1960 s he
was President of the Citizens to Save Oregon
Beaches during the fight lo protect public access
to all of Oregon s beaches (something most of us
take for granted) He was one of the early, lone
voices protesting the building and operation of
the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
Now, at 75, although ostensibly retired he
maintains a schedule busier than almost anyone I
know He serves as an instructor for the
Elderhostel Program a worldwide program that
offers educational opportunities to retired people
And this year he is also Volunteer Coordinator for
the Haystack Awareness Program Ei medical
students seek him out w ith enthusiastic
regularity, he always has time for them He also
has time and a penchant for lively discussion
I wanted to talk lo him about the role of
education in our society, in particular, how it
might be used to address the environmental
crisis now looming before us W'e met one
afternoon over tuna sandwiches (a shared
affection) and, after he eagerly showed me his
collection of plankton in the refrigerator, got
down to some serious (puncuated by a lot of
laughter) talking Here is, at best, a hopelessly
truncated version of the afternoon s conversation
A lis o n : Let s talk about education
Bob I was thinking about some of the things
that make education difficult, sometime makes it
hard to get ideas through and to listen - and in
my opinion, most of those categories are religious
or cultural factors that lim it understanding of the
w orld and are usually restrictive or antithetical
to real education And I think the reason they
are is that they close the mind lo acceptance of
big categories of knowledge that people really
ought to be able to be exposed to
A liso n . What would you define as real
education?
Bob I would define education in this
way - education is opening the windows of the
mind and letting in light and letting people see
outward into the real world, to see what the real
world is Education, I think, is the answer to
most of our problems Most people, even if they
have pretty strong opinions, if they really listen
and understand why things should be different,
most people are reasonable If they understand.
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