Ronald Rood

Ronald Rood (July 7, 1920- July 16, 2001) was a Vermont author, naturalist and Vermont Public Radio commentator who wrote over 30 books, including The Loon in My Bathtub, How Do You Spank a Porcupine?, It's Going to Sting Me, and Mother Can I Keep This Clam - It Followed Me Home.

Ron Rood's Vermont: A Nature Guide was published by The New England Press in 1988.[1]

Personal life

Rood was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1920. He was intrigued by all of nature from early childhood, stating that his mentor was Thornton Burgess. During the Second World War, Rood was a fighter pilot, flying P-51 Mustangs over Europe. He earned a bachelor's degree in forestry and wildlife, and later a master's degree in zoology. He married Margaret "Peg" Bruce in 1942 and in 1953 they moved to Lincoln, Vermont where he shared a home with his wife and their four children. Their friends Al and Norene Thergesen and their children also shared the home for some years. Rood taught the Introductory Biology Laboratory course at Middlebury College, collected biological specimens for biological supply houses, and wrote encyclopedia entries on various biological subjects while beginning his writing career. Rood taught Sunday School at the Lincoln United Church and directed its choir for 25 years.[2] Ronald Rood and his family lived for a while in Massapequa Park,NY, where he was an important part of the Massapequa Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Peggy, both sang in the choir. As I recall he was a teacher in the SUNY - Farmingdale. I believe the subject taught was Botany. This was all before they moved to Vermont. I was a teenager at the time and sang in the choir with them and several others. At his death, he was cremated and the ashes, contained in his favorite coffee pot, were interred in the Maple Shade Cemetery, Lincoln, Vermont, in a plot marked by a boulder bearing his name, dates, Peg's name and birthdate, and the outline of a P-51, among other inscriptions.<personal memories>

Partial bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ RONALD ROOD, 81; NATURALIST, AUTHOR, PBS COMMENTATOR
  2. ↑ Van Hoesen, John. "Commentaries/Vermont News/Ron Rood remembered" Vermont Public Radio, broadcast 8-10-2001
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