Presque Isle Accidental Paradise Tour: Presque Isle History, Geology, and Nooks and Crannies
Join JES Scholar-in-Residence Dr. David Frew, co-author of "Accidental Paradise: A 13,000-Year History of Presque Isle" for a two-hour guided tour that takes the history off the pages and to the places that shaped and made Erie, Pennsylvania's state park the gem it continues to be today. Aboard a bus, Dr. Frew will introduce several important but relatively unknown aspects of the park. The purpose of the tour will be to visually demonstrate the succession process that created Presque Isle and summarize the most interesting political responses that helped define the park.
Location: Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Dr. Erie, PA 16505,
Date/Time:Monday, August 12, 11:00AM-1:00PM
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Parking: We are meeting at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. The back three parking pods are available for our use. Please arrive at 10:45AM for an on-time departure of 11:00AM.
Historian and author David Frew, Ph.D., is a JES Scholar-in-Residence. An emeritus professor at Gannon University, he held a variety of administrative positions during a 33-year career. He is also emeritus director of the Erie County Historical Society/Hagen History Center, where he had previously served as Executive Director for five years, and is president of his own management consulting business.
After beginning with a five-year career in engineering, Frew took a teaching fellowship at Kent State University, where he earned a doctorate in Organizational Behavior in 1970. His love of Lake Erie brought him back to Erie where he became a faculty member and the founding director of Gannon's MBA Program. His career at Gannon included administrative posts as Director of the Health Services Administration and Public Administration Programs, as well as Dean of the Graduate School. In 1982 and 1983, he took a leave from Gannon to complete a post-doctorate at Kent State University where he completed advanced coursework in psychology and research design. He was also a visiting professor at Mercyhurst University for four years.
Dr. Frew has authored or co-authored 40 books, most recently “Accidental Parade: A 13,000-Year History of Presque Isle,” and more than 100 articles, cases, and papers. His work has appeared in publications ranging from refereed journals such as The Journal of Applied Psychology to popular magazines such as Sail Magazine and Cruising World.
Growing up on Erie's lower west side as a proud "Bay Rat," Frew was known to join neighborhood kids playing and marauding along the west bayfront. He has written for years about his beloved Presque Isle and his adventures on the Great Lakes. In the “On the Waterfront Series” for the JES, the Scholar-in-Residence takes note of life in and around the water.
