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1960-62, Active duty, U.S. Army officer. Qualified Airborne and took up skydiving. Taught basic infantry training and worked as photojournalist out of the Pentagon. 1962, Studied design at San Francisco Art Institute and photography at San Francisco State; participated in legal LSD study at International Foundation for Advanced Study, Menlo Park, California. 1963-66, Researched, photographed, designed, and performed multi-media event, “America Needs Indians.” Spent time on Warm Springs, Blackfoot, Navajo, Hopi, Papago, and other Indian reservations. 1964, Did research, collection, and writing for IBM’s and Gordon Ashbyy’s “Astronomia,” an exhibit on the history of astronomy at the Hayden Planetarium, New York. 1964-66, Hung out with Ken Kesey, Merry Pranksters, and early Acid Tests. 1966, Designed and organized the “Trips Festival,” a 3-day rock-light watershed event at Longshoreman's Hall, San Francisco. 1966, Conceived and sold buttons which read, “Why Haven’t We Seen A Photograph of

Bio... Bio... STEWART BRAND (updated May 02013) Born 14 Dec 1938, Rockford, Illinois, USA. 1954-56, Phillips Exeter Academy. 1960, Graduated in Biology, Stanford University. 1960-62, Active duty, U.S. Army officer. Qualified Airborne and took up skydiving. Taught basic infantry training and worked as photojournalist out of the Pentagon. 1962, Studied design at San Francisco Art Institute and photography at San Francisco State; participated in legal LSD study at International Foundation for Advanced Study, Menlo Park, California. 1963-66, Researched, photographed, designed, and performed multi-

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