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"I wanted to become a
writer since I was 12 years old and I did. Almost every other professional
endeavor came unexpected or intended . Yet I never chose a path I
regretted."
Interests
History
Mycology
Photography
Stone Masonry
Wood turning
Education
Duke University, A.B. Magna Cum Laude
Oxford University, M. Litt Oxon
University of Georgia Continuing Ed: Property Valuation
Family
Wallace Kaufman and his
wife Nelli Uteyeva and their son Girey live on the slopes of Mt. Tom in
Linn County, Oregon.
Nelli is an architect/designer trained in Kazakhstan and also consults on
collections and exhibitions of Central Asian art. Girey is a primary school
student. Wallace's daughter, Dr. Sylvan Ramsey Kaufman, is Conservation
Curator at the Adkins Arboretum on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She has a
Ph.D. in ecology from Rutgers and
specializes in the study of invasive species. Nelli's daughter Ulyana and her
husband Sergey and their infant daughter Maria joined the household on Mt. Tom
in 2003. Ulyana is the manager of the family partnership, Signal Associates.
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Member Of:
Authors Guild
North American Mycological Association
Honors and Awards
Ford Foundation Grant for translation
New River Award for Conservation
N.C. Press Association Best Weekly Columns
Science Writing Fellow Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
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