Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Issue: Community concerns and opportunities Program Topic: Creating Acadia National Park – the new biography of George B. Dorr Key Discussion Points: 1. Mount Desert Island and the Rusticators 2. How the story of Acadia derives from the relationship between three men, of different generations — Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University, George B. Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 3. Old Farm and its role in the life of George Dorr and the creation of Acadia. 4. Woodlawn Museum and the creation of Acadia National Park 5. Other important figures (and philosophies) in the history of Acadia National Park. Guests: Ron Epp, author, historian, professor of philosophy Maureen Fournier, Ranger, Acadia National Park Joshua Torrance, Woodlawn Museum, Ellsworth by phone 667 8671

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