George Russell Sly is a biologist, former Peace Corps volunteer, and rainforest adventurer who retired after thirty-seven years of teaching at the college and high school level. He...view moreGeorge Russell Sly is a biologist, former Peace Corps volunteer, and rainforest adventurer who retired after thirty-seven years of teaching at the college and high school level. He has been recognized as one of the nation’s most innovative science teachers by the National Association of Science Teachers. The National Association of Biology Teachers selected him as Indiana’s outstanding biology teacher in 1999. George has published scientific papers in the fields of herpetology and mammalogy as well as web-based articles regarding tropical rainforest biology, dinosaur science, and the writings of conservationist Aldo Leopold.
George and Anne, his wife of forty-six years, live in a passive solar home they built upon eight acres of wooded land in Sullivan County, Indiana. Their lives are blessed by the companionship of daughter Michelle and grandchildren Riley and Grace.view less