American Humanist Association
2003 Chapter of the Year
HSNM Organization
Officers
President - Fred March 
Fred March is a writer who focuses on religion, its philosophy, psychology, and history. The Bible Through the Eyes of its Authors was his first book, published in 2006. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and retired from a career in worldwide economic development, which provided the diversity of exposure to religious cultures that motivated his writing career.
Vice President of Programs - Bill Little
Biography and photo pending.
Treasurer - John Waldrop
John received his BSEE from Auburn University in 1962 and worked as an engineer for NASA, Sperry Flight Systems and Honeywell until his retirement in 1998. He is married and has two sons, one in Albuquerque, and the other in Redwood City, California.
John and his wife, Karin, enjoy traveling and have traveled extensively in Europe and South America. They are both involved in Special Olympics and a special handicapped Boy Scout troop. They have had three foreign exchange students through American Field Service (AFS). John organized a business study tour for German young people through AFS and the German government in 1999.
Since retirement John has been a substitute teacher, a Big Brother/Big Sister volunteer, a tutor for the Alameda Literacy Program, a tutor for special education students at Del Norte high school, and an OASIS tutor in elementary schools. He has also been a regional judge for the New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
Secretary - Carolyn Kaye
Biography and photo pending.Director of Classes - Ron Herman
Ron was the Special Projects Director for the Humanist Society of New Mexico for two years. In that office, he led the Advertising and Humanism School Subcommittees, and he helped start the Humanist Society at The University of New Mexico. He is now Director of Classes on the History of Science and Religion.
Ron is from Las Vegas, NM, where he earned a BS in physics and math from New Mexico Highlands University with minors in earth science and music. He completed a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at UNM in 1981 and a Master in Business from UNM in May of 2006. He has worked as a product development engineer designing positioning systems and alternate energy systems. Ron now has his own small company called Engineering Ideas. He has been the primary author of many technical reports and plans, newsletters, and articles on humanism.
Ron grew up in a Catholic family, then was a Baha'i for a while, and later attended the Unitarian and Religious Science Churches in Albuquerque. He was president of the Music, Musings, and Meditation Fellowship in the late 1990s. Ron has two grown children, whom he raised alone, after their mother was killed by a drunk driver. He supports a variety of environmental, social, and civil rights organizations.
Newsletter Editor - Randy Wall
Randy was born and raised in Artesia, New Mexico. In 1986, he earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology at New Mexico State University. He has worked in a healthcare setting since and is currently employed by Presbyterian Healthcare Services as an Administrative Secretary. His interests include the martial arts, science, popular culture and of course, Humanism.
Book Club - Janet Johnson
Biography and photo pending.
Community Liaison - Ted Cloak
Biography and photo pending.
Webmaster - Phil Smith
Phil Smith is a space industry analyst and freelance artist. As an employee of companies like SAIC and Futron Corporation, he has supported the space activities of civil organizations, private industry, and military agencies, providing detailed analyses related to the commercialization of space, including existing and emerging markets (such as personal space transportation, or space tourism), trend analysis using historical data, characterization of the nation's space architecture, international space activity, potential economic impacts of loss of space services, and space technology policy. He also served eight years in the United States Air Force, both as a nuclear cruise missile specialist and a bioenvironmental engineering technician. Phil also ran for public office in 1997, making an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Omaha City Council. Phil lives in the Denver, Colorado area.
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HSNM Authors and Artists
Fred March
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