Linnemann Lecture Series

Timothy Linnemann (Class of ’91) was a Biology major at Colorado College, an outdoorsman, environmental activist, member of the EnAct student group, and Greenpeace.

Tim spent the summer between his junior and senior year, 1990, at Berkeley, taking a course in genetics and then planned to work there the rest of the summer. On a trip to take his younger brother to look at Evergreen State College and Puget Sound University, their car rolled off the road in the Great Salt Flats in Nevada. Tim was killed, but his brother survived.

Several Colorado College friends attended the funeral in Cincinnati. While there, Tim’s father discussed with them plans for a memorial fund.

Returning to Colorado College, Tim’s friends planned a memorial garden, a quiet study area/outdoor classroom between Shove Chapel and Olin Hall, as a memorial to him. Andy Fahlund, Steve Miller and Kai Kauppi, among others, were instrumental in getting this project off the ground.

Dr. and Mrs. Linnemann established the Timothy Linnemann Memorial Lecture on the Environment with a gift of $100,000 “in memory of Tim’s lifelong interest in the environment and his high regard for Colorado College.” The earnings from the fund are to be used to bring in a noted environmentalist each year in conjunction with Earth Day.

List of The Timothy Linnemann Memorial Lecture on the Environment speakers:

Year	Speaker	Interest
2008	Dr. Edith Widder, Director of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association	Secret Lights in the Sea: The Underwater World of a Deep Sea Explorer
2007	Dr. Timothy Killeen, Director of NCAR	The Future of Planet Earth and Its Inhabitants: Our Imperfect Crystal Ball
2006	Dr. Lyn Margulis, University of Massachusetts	Our Misnamed Planet: Evolution in this Watery World
2005	Dr. Wes Jackson, President of The Land Institute	The Necessity and Possibility of an Agriculture where Nature is the Measure
2004	Dr. Sylvia Earle: “Her Deepness”, Marine biologist, oceanographer	Sustainable Seas: The Vision, The Reality
2003	Dr. David Foreman: Founder of Earth First! and Director, The Wildlands Institute	Rewilding North America
2002	Dr. Vandana Shiva: Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology	Earth Democracy
2001	Mr. Andrew Fahlund: Director American Rivers	Restoring our Dammed Rivers
2000	Dr. Marilyn Waring: Professor, Massey University	Counting for Something – Valuing the Environment
1999	Mr. Floyd E. Domini, former Commissioner Of the BLM, and Mr. David Wegner, Director Glen Canyon Institute	Drain Lake Powell??
1998	Dr. Carolyn Merchant: Professor of Environmental History and Philosophy University of California, Berkeley	Environmental History and Philosophy
1997	Mr. Ed Marston: Publisher, High Country News	Public Land and Natural Resource Issues
1996	Ms. Catherine Sneed: Director, The Garden Project	Agro-Economist
1995	Dr. Philip Fearnside: Professor, National Institute for Research in the Amazon	Rainforest Biology
1994	Dr. Helen Caldicott: Founder, Nuclear Policy Research Institute	Physicians for Social Responsibility
1993	Mr. Randy Hayes: President	Rainforest Action Network
1992	Ms. Winona La Duke	Native American Women’s Network
1991	Mr. David Phillips	Earth Island Institute