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Full Biography for Mario M. Menesini
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I was born and reared in Martinez, California. A graduate of Alhambra High Schoool where I was a band member, varsity athelete and elected office holder. Attending St. Mary's College my BS degree was in Geology and Zoology. My military service was in the Navy Medical Corps. Higher degrees were earned as a Masters Degree from the University of the Pacific in Marine Biology and a Doctors Degree in Science Education from the University of California Berkeley. I was licensed to practice Medical Laboratory procedures and worked in this profession. As an educator I taught chemistry, physics and physiology in high schools and taught in later years at the University of San Francisco State, University of California, Berkeley andat Davis. At U.C. Berkeley I was Director of a National Science Foundation Molecular Biology Institute. Books that I authored are: "Action Chemistry";"Ecology: Water Pollution Laboratory"; "The Environmental School"; Co-authored "Creek Studies Guide" which has led to the Alhambra Creek Water Shed Study; Was the author and implementor of a National Environmental Study for the National Park Service called "National Environmental Education Development (NEED)"; wrote "Resources in Science" a text of lessons in four disciplines; participated in the committee with Dr. Glenn Seaborg in the writing of "Chem Study". In community affairs: I am a member of the Lions Club; Contra Costa Hospital Auxilliary; was Vice President of John Muir Memorial Association; was Commissioner of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission; Environmental Alliance, cofounder with William Penn Mott. |
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