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A Welcome from Course Director Mike Greenberg
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Both photos were taken on Water Street in Woods Hole. Click on the image for a larger photo.
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To all former students, assistants, and faculty who may visit this page: Welcome to the Virtual Tridecennial Reunion of Experimental Invertebrate Zoology (EIZ-76). It's always a beautiful Woods Hole day at this ethereal part of the MBL website, so come on in, enjoy the weather, and visit with some of your old friends and colleagues, who – though incorporeal – are present here in word and image. [The images, by the way, were provided by Anne Schneiderman and Elaine Burke. If you’d like to contribute some of your own pictures, or if you would like to comment, query, or tell about your own life, please send them to Kate Shaw at kshaw@mbl.edu.]
A brief history of EIZ: Some of you will have recognized another ghostly aspect of this virtual reunion, namely that the EIZ course itself no longer exists – and hasn't for 31 years. In fact, EIZ started as an extension of the hoary Invertebrate Zoology course, which had been taught at the MBL since 1888. In 1969, when Jim Case became director, he shifted the focus of the course to comparative physiology of invertebrates, but retained a few ties to the past: some phyletic lectures, the field trips, and the (modified) name Experimental Invertebrate Zoology. Bob Josephson took over as EIZ director in 1972, and I succeeded him in 1975. But EIZ was to be an ephemeron, a grand experiment lasting only nine summers, for in 1978, Alan Gelperin became director, changed both the focus and name and generated a new and persistently popular course: Neural Systems and Behavior.
But enough of dull history, we are met here, after all, to celebrate EIZ-76, the penultimate iteration of the course, and a most notable one. The students were enthusiastic, confident, and capable. The faculty provided informative and interesting lectures and exemplary laboratory projects that captured and reflected the broad range of topics in ecological physiology. The assistants were energetic and friendly; and Wendy Wiltse, who directed our field trips, was memorable.
A few specific memories
Thirty years reprised
We need your input! Please send new photos, information or comments to:
Kate L. Shaw
Director of Alumni Relations
508-289-7416
kshaw@mbl.edu
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