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	Rafe received a B.A. in Biology from Westmont College and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska where he studied parasites of ducks (M.S.) and gill parasites of marine fishes (Ph.D.).&nbsp;He taught at Biola University for 38 years teaching: Marine Mammals, Marine Biology, Ecology, Ornithology and Parasitology.&nbsp;He also directed and taught Biola&#39;s Baja Program for 31 years. In addition to his academic work, he has served as shipboard naturalist on the&nbsp;M/V Searcher for 20 years on their long-range whalewatch/natural history trips off Baja California, Mexico.&#8232;</p>
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	Rafe has been married to his wife, Jan, for 47 years. They live in Buena Park, California. They have one son, Luke, a photographer, and one dog, Pancho, a Parson Jack Russell, and a house in Baja California, Mexico.&#8232;<br />
	Rafe says, &ldquo;I love teaching Marine Mammals for Au Sable at the Pacific Rim campus.&nbsp;The students are enthusiastic scholars and dedicated to stewardship of creation with a passion. Teaching in a place where we can actually observe orcas, porpoises, and seals is very exciting.&rdquo;</p>
