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The 19th Annual West Indies Lab/V.I.Pace Runners 5 Mile Road Race... Saturday October 18, 6am A Tribute to Betsy & Bill Gladfelter... You can join in paying tribute to Bill and Betsy by showing up and running the race on Saturday of course...you can also send your thoughts to them on the web page set-up just for that... have a photo of them you would like to share? send it to: isv@mf.iaaf.org for Photo gallery... Click here for quotes... Here Betsy gives a lecture hosted by the St. Croix Environmental Association on the birds Southgate Pond earlier in the Summer at the University of the Virgin Islands--St.Croix Campus...Bill, her husband, has collaborated with Betsy on numerous science projects to benefit the Virgin Islands and St.Croix in particular...here he is in the projected photo standing on the beach...Bill and Betsy were faculty members at the Farleigh Dickinson--West Indies Lab for many years...Betsy was the Director when hurricane Hugo caused major destruction to the facility...they fought hard to see the facility refurbished and back into service, despite the wishes of the home university which chose not to reopen it... Betsy and Bill do L.A.Marathon (click for more) Betsy & Bill...recent bike trip "Portrait in Pink" Dr. Elizabeth Gladfelter is the author of numerous science publications, one Agazssiz's Legacy was review by Wallace Williams, Founder, The Virgin Islands Pace Runners and Head Librarian of the Florence Williams Public Library... Dr. William Gladfelter is also the author of numerous science publications...the books both have written are listed below... Click here for book review Betsy Gladfelter was the first woman to represent the Virgin Islands in the World Cross-Country Championships...She competed in 1984 at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, the first time the event was ever held in the Western Hemisphere...she was the only woman for the V.I. and was joined by Marlon Williams, Greg Johnson, Ralix Clovis and Wallace Williams to make up the V.I. National Team...She competed again in 1986 in Neuchatel, Switzerland... Betsy has won the V.I.Half-Marathon more than any woman ever... here she wins in St.Thomas in the earlier 80's... See her name on the Mc Donald's Cup at Mc Donald's La Rein, this honor was bestowed on the top male and female winner of the Mc Donald's Half-Marathon... Bill has strong finish in V.I.'s most historic long distance race...The 24th Gatorade Virgin Islands Half-Marathon Freedom Run... http://www.virginislandspace.org/V.I.Half-Marathon98.html Bill (first from left) is one of the leaders in a V.I. Pace Runners 5K in Christiansted in the early 80's... Bill (first from right) at the start of a cycling race in Frederiksted in the mid 80's... Betsy does Falmouth... Bill in transition St.Croix Half-Ironman Triathlon 2000 Bill and Adam St. Croix in transition St.Croix Half-Ironman 2000 Bill and Bob at St. Croix Sprint Triathlon 2002 Bill and Louise race St. Croix Half-Ironman 2000 Jude, Bill and Louise at St. Croix Sprint Triathlon 2002 Bill finishes run of St. Croix Half-Ironman 2000 rBill, Betsy, Denny, Karla and Jude at lunch... Jude and Bill at Francis Bay, St. John Betsy and Bill do Boston (click)...D.C. Marathon...Los Angles Marathon...Cape Cod Marathon... Click here for quotes... Books written by Dr. Elizabeth Gladfelter and Dr. William Gladfelter... Gladfelter, W. B. Tropical marine organisms and communities / W.B. Gladfelter. St. Croix, V.I. : Argus, 1988. 149 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Gladfelter, Elizabeth H. Agassiz's legacy: scientists' reflections on the value of field experience / Elizabeth Higgins Gladfelter. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. xiii, 437 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Gladfelter, Elizabeth H Coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves: their interaction in the coastal zones of the Caribbean : report of a workshop held at West Indies Laboratory, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, May, 1982 / edited by John C. Ogden, Elizabeth H. Gladfelter ; sponsored by Unesco, IOCARIBE, West Indies Laboratory, Fairleigh Dickinson University. [Paris] : Unesco, 1983. 133 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Gladfelter, Elizabeth H. Caribbean coastal marine productivity : results of a planning workshop at Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, University of the West Indies Jamaica, November, 1985 / edited by John C. Ogden, Elizabeth H. Gladfelter with the editorial assistance of the CARICOMP Steering Committee ; sponsored by, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ... [et al.]. Paris : Unesco, 1986. ii, 59 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.