Dr. Nigella Hillgarth Executive Director of Birch Aquarium February 15, 2012

SPECIAL THIRD WEDNESDAY PROGRAM
Friends of the Encinitas Library

Program Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters® of San Diego
Join us for an evening with Dr. Hillgarth as she shares her knowledge on the health of our oceans. Dr. Nigella Hillgarth is executive director of Birch Aquarium at Scripps, the public exploration center of world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. She is a distinguished zoologist who came to the institution in 2002. Exhibits developed and installed under Hillgarth’s direction include the award-winning Feeling the Heat: The Climate Challenge, the ever-popular There’s Something About Seahorses, and the new Boundless Energy, which celebrates innovative ways we can use natural forces to power our lives. Dr. Hillgarth’s work extends far beyond her everyday guidance of Birch Aquarium.The San Diego Soroptomists have recognized her with
its Woman of Accomplishment Award, and San Diego Metropolitan
Magazine named her a “Metro Mover to Watch.”
Free to the public.
Encinitas Library Community Room
540 Cornish Dr. • Encinitas • (760) 753-7376
encinitaslibfriends.org

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