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TOM BROWN
Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Tom Brown earned the reputation as “The Tracker,” working with law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and other countries on cases involving abducted children, lost hunters and hikers, and fugitives. Throughout his career as a survivalist and tracker, Brown has taught countless law enforcement officials and military personnel about survival. His military seminars have not only focused on tracking and counter-tracking, but also escape, evasion, and covert SPEC War operations, especially concerning terrorist activities.

Tom’s beginnings, however, are humble enough. When he was 7, he met Stalking Wolf, an Apache elder, while growing up in Toms River, N.J. Stalking Wolf, affectionately referred to as “Grandfather,” was the real-life grandfather of Tom’s best friend at the time. The boys lived near the New Jersey Pine Barrens and they would often accompany Stalking Wolf into the woods where they learned the art of survival, how to track, and the ways of nature. They had an excellent teacher in Stalking Wolf since Apaches were renowned trackers.
In 1978, he published the first of his 17 books, “The Tracker,” an autobiography of his life. Among his other book credits are “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival,” “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature Awareness and Tracking,” “The Way of the Scout,” “Grandfather,” and “The Science and Art of Tracking.” His latest book, “Case Files of the Tracker,” was published in December 2003.

In March of 1978, Tom opened up the Tracker School where he has been able to teach thousands of people from all over the world, from doctors and business executives, to clergy, lawyers and educators, to college students and stay at-home moms about wilderness survival and all that goes with it. He has been seen on CNN, Inside Edition, Extra! The Early Show on CBS and Fox News Network, as well as other broadcast networks. Men’s Journal, Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, Biography, The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler and Field & Stream have published articles about him. His expertise took on a new role recently when he worked as a technical advisor for Paramount Pictures’ “The Hunted,” starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro.

Dr. Carla Hayden DR. CARLA DIANE HAYDEN
Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Dr. Carla D. Hayden is the Executive Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to coming to Baltimore, Dr. Hayden was the First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Librarian of the Chicago Public Library, an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science of the University of Pittsburgh, and Library Services Coordinator at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. A graduate of Roosevelt University, Dr. Hayden earned her MA and Ph.D. degrees from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago.

Dr. Hayden is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA) and was recently elected President of ALA for the 2003-04 term. She also served as chair of ALA’s Committee on Accreditation and Spectrum Initiative to recruit minorities to librarianship. She is currently a member of the Boards of the Maryland African American Museum Corporation, Baltimore City Historical Society, Goucher College, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and Library, Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, Mercy Hospital Advisory Board, National Aquarium in Baltimore’s Advisory Board, Sinai Hospital, the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, and Washington College.

Dr. Hayden was named Librarian of the Year by Library Journal (1995), one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women from Warfield’s Business Record (1996) and The Daily Record (2003). She is the recipient of the Carver-Washington Award from the Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Association (1995), the Torch Bearer Award from the Coalition of 100 Black Women (1996), the Legacy of Literacy Award from the DuBois Circle of Baltimore (1996), the Andrew White Medal from Loyola College (1997), and the President’s Medal from the Johns Hopkins University (1998). She was listed in the publication Notable Black American Women (2000). She has also received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from University of Baltimore (2000) and Morgan State University (2001).

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