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<br />the computer mdustry, focusing on what the next
<br />product wiUlook like, the next quarterly and annual
<br />report, and so on. The Land Institute opens up a
<br />whole new vista for me." George feels that the long
<br />term perspective of The Land Institute provid~s a
<br />satisfying I;lalance to the short term emphasis that
<br />has characterized much of his work.
<br />George grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts,
<br />where he obtained his B.A in Mechanical Engineer-
<br />ing and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worc-
<br />ester Polytechnic Institute, He went onto get a
<br />Masters in Physics from Cal Tech. His professional
<br />career has spanned four decades and has included a
<br />series of positions with engineering, electronic and
<br />computer companies.
<br />In 1969 George and a partner started Diablo
<br />Systems, where they developedinterchangeable
<br />cartridge disk drives for computers (a precursor to .
<br />the floppy disk), and they also developed the daisy
<br />wheel for high-speed letter quality computer printing.
<br />They sold Diablo to Xerox in 1972, and over the next
<br />fourteen years he worked for Xerox, started Durango
<br />Systems with three partners to develop personal com-
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<br />puters for business, and worked as a private consult-
<br />ant.
<br />In 1986 George joined three others who were
<br />starting Network General Corporation, in the busi-
<br />ness of making and selling computer systems used to
<br />analyze and troubleshoot computer networks. George
<br />is currently Vice President for Business Development
<br />at Network General, where sales have more than
<br />doubled each year of operation and are currently
<br />running at $40 million per year.
<br />George is a licensed pilot, following a love that
<br />started with building model airplanes as a kid. He's a
<br />capable handyman as well: earlier in his cilreer, he
<br />built one home himself, and he completed all the
<br />plumbing, heating and wiring work in a later home.
<br />George and his wife Anne Hillman now make their
<br />home in Portola Valley, California.
<br />The Land Institute is fortunate to have a friend
<br />and advocate like George Comstock. His volunteer
<br />commitment of time, energy, and resources shows
<br />that you don't have to be a researcher in Kansas in
<br />order to make a significant contribution to the work
<br />of sustainable agriculture.
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<br />Prairie Featival 1982: Resettling America; Two Worlds of Water; '.
<br />Getting Along with Nature: Breeding Perennial Grain Crops: Heating &..:
<br />and Cooling the Classroom; Kansas Energy: A Resource Guide for ~
<br />Community Action: Asking the Right Questions (irrigation); Great I\'
<br />Plains Desertification: It Could Happen. -' ~
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<br />Perspectives of the Food Cooperative Movement; American Politics
<br />anc.l the Populist Movement; The Kansas Cheny; Seeds of Strife (plant
<br />patenting); Living Nets in a New Prairie Sea; Man is Just a Little
<br />Bigger Pest: The Windcraft 2500: Consumer Information Board.
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<br />I1S Summer 19S1
<br />In the Classroom; Prairie Festival 1981: Diversity; Investigations in
<br />Sustainable Agriculture; Experiments in Aquaculturei A Celebration
<br />of Prairie DiversitYi Beginning Beekeeping; The Great Plains in Tran-
<br />sition; Out of Conviction (nuclear power).
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<br />Laying the Groundwork for an Ecological Agriculture; The Salina
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<br />Energy Fair: The Renewable Challenge: The Reagan AdminiStration
<br />vs. Solar Energy; A Tourofthe Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant; PCBs
<br />in the Environment: EveIYOne's Problem; The'Limits oCCost-Benefit
<br />Analysisi Democracy at Work.
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<br />I1S Winter 1982
<br />Agricultural Research at The Land: A New Threshold; Optimiam on a
<br />Finite Earth: Prairie Images: APasBive Solar Facelift: Inatallinga500-
<br />Watt Windcharger, Photovoltaws: Sunlight to Electricity in One Step:
<br />Completing the Solar Hot Water Heater, County Energy Planning: An
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<br />Peace: The Kansas Dream; Time to Live Lightly on the Earth: EBBays
<br />on Sustainable Agriculture; Asking Questions - Seeking Answera
<br />(perennial polyculture,breeding); BiolngicalPest Control in Livestock;
<br />What Happens if an Electrical Utility Goes Bankropt: Solar Ponds.
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<br />119, Summer 1983
<br />Prairie Peace Pilgrimage, Prairie Fe"tival 1983: Food and Peace;
<br />Alternatives: An UncortainRoad (water issues in western KB): Hydro-
<br />ponic Com: Insanity in the Sandhills; Words of the Prairie: Breeding
<br />Sustainable Domestic Plant Populations; A Living Museum (the
<br />~erbary); Weed Ecology; On the Economics of Small Farms; Soil
<br />Conservation on a Family Farm; Solar-Powered Amish Farms.
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<br />Seminara Enrich Programs: Prairie Festival 1984: Ecology ,and Eco-
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