Biographical Information

• 1928: Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 1928-1943: Lived in Miami Florida until began travels
• 1944-1946: Returned from Ecuador and attended the University of Chicago
• 1947-1948: Walked alone over the eastern range of the Ecuadorian Andes down into Amazon Basin. Paddled a dugout canoe down the Napo River to Iquitos, Peru. In a larger dugout paddled to the mouth of the Amazon then sailed the canoe alone up the South Atlantic and across the Caribbean to Miami, Florida.
  Account of the voyage published in the National Geographic Magazine in February, 1949-1950: Dugout canoe, Sea Fever placed on display at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia
• 1948-1952: Several hundred speaking engagements across the United States recounting his adventures
• 1948-1951: Returned to University of Chicago. Received a B A degree in 1950
• 1950: Married Susan Anderson. Five children: Joseph, Mary, William, Samuel and Benjamin
• 1952: Accepted as a Journeyman Carpenter in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
• 1952-1982: Lived in San Diego, California. Variously employed as a carpenter, a General Contractor, a City of San Diego Fireman, and a Research Associate (Experimental Physics) at General Atomic
• 1952-1956: Journeyman carpenter in San Diego
  Residential, commercial and marine construction
• 1956-1959: General Building Contractor (Schultz and Judd Construction)
  Residential construction
• 1956-1959: Fireman- City of San Diego
• 1956-1959: Undergraduate physics at San Diego State University
• 1959-1968: General Atomic (later Gulf General Atomic)
• 1959-1964: Research Staff Associate (w/ R. H. Chambers) in Experimental Physics department -- study of Dislocation Dynamics
• 1965-1968: Reverse Osmosis Program- Development and Field Testing
• 1968-1975: Owner, Schultz Field Enterprises
  Design and construction of custom homes - Del Mar
  Solutions to hillside and other foundation problems
  Assisted Dr. David Kenney-Sea World -- engineering and underwater photography - elephant seal capture
  Organized and led expedition to study migration patterns of nursing gray whales
• 1974: Awarded Professional Engineer Registration (Mechanical - M-19480) - California
• 1975-1982: Contracting
• 1975: Changed contracting firm name style to Solar Utilities Company
  Design and construction of wide variety of solar heating, cooling and distillation systems
  Miscellaneous residential and commercial construction
• 1982-1989: Construction Estimating
  Consulting Mechanical Engineer (J&S Mechanical Design) A variety of heating, cooling, and specialized mechanical designs. Field investigation in Pohnpei: Water, Fishing Techniques
• 1990-1996: Superintendent, Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California -- University of California Observatories -- (Attached to UCSC)
  Overall responsibility for operations, management, public programs, construction- (Retired; December, 1996)
  Water system design, construction and operation
  Consulting supervision streambank protection -- County of San Mateo
• 1987-1997: Eight grandchildren
• 2003: Awarded Professional Engineer Registration (Civil - C-65877) - California
• 1997-present: Consulting engineer

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