We saw this exhibit several years ago in Miami.  At the time our daughter
was a Senior in high school.  She did a final speech in her Humanities class
on this subject (Nautilus) and impressed her teacher so much that she had to
give the speech to all six other classes.   Neil Hepler helped her with all
the information.   He was a wonderful man!

By the way, our daughter is now a full time Marine Biology Teacher in
Houston!

Bobbi Cordy

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Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:09 PM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Neil M. Hepler rides again

Folks,

The Philadelphia Shell Club is pleased to announce that as a special feature
of the 2008 Philadelphia Shell Show it will be reviving one of the
spectacular shell exhibits by the late Neil Hepler of Deerfield Beach,
Florida. It is his masterpiece, a 34-foot display on the subject of the
Nautilus. Visitors to the show (October 11 & 12 at the Academy of Natural
Sciences; details at www.phillyshellclub.org or www.ansp.org ) will be able
to see this extraordinary piece of work restored to its 1970s glory.
I would like to ask everyone's help, however. I want to flesh out the fairly
sparse account I have of Hepler, his life and especially his exhibits and
shelling activities. If you have any stories about him, or you knew him
personally, please e-mail your information to me as soon as you can.

See you in Philly!

PC.



Paul Callomon
Collections Manager
Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
Department of Malacology
Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
Tel 215-405-5096
Fax 215-299-1170
Secretary, American Malacological Society
On the web at www.malacological.org

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