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Biography
An alumnus of a California Community College
where he began studying animals, Michael Bucher
transferred to UCLA as a neophyte zoologist. While
there he joined the Los Angeles Geographical
Society and traveled with three other L.A.G.S.
members by car from Los Angeles to San José,
Costa Rica, before joining the 96-foot brigantine
Yankee (seen here in all her glory) to sail through
the Panama Canal for the Galapagos Islands.
Later in Puntarenas, on the west coast of Costa
Rica, he helped introduce the Caribbean dance, the
Limbo which seemed to be unknown there at the time,
in spite of the fact that the hit song of the
moment, "Limbo Rock" could be heard almost
continuously on the main street of town.
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As a graduate student, he returned to San José de
Costa Rica for a summer spent in field locations--high and low,
wet and dry, hot and cool--throughout Costa Rica, studying the
ecology of tropical flora and fauna like the King Vulture seen
here.
After many years teaching at CSM he still
watches with interest the circling of vultures
overhead, especially during final exam week.
Professor Bucher has taught for Seattle
University, Santa Monica College, the Wilderness
Foundation (in the shadow of the Grand Tetons and
on Catalina Island), College of Notre Dame, as well
as for College of San Mateo.
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