W.A. Green
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Yale University
P.O. Box 208109 Yale Station
New Haven, Connecticut 06520 USA

Walton Green is a Connecticut Yankee who has assiduously avoided acquiring marketable skills in twelve years spent collecting degrees from mediocre universities on two continents. He is currently the senior postgraduate student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the Sheffield Scientific School in New Haven. In addition to plant palaeoecology, leaf architecture, and the graphical display of quantitative information, his research deals with evolutionary theory, Mesopotamian archaeobotany, and R. Don't ask him what R is unless you have several free hours. His avocational interests include amateur drama, squash racquets, tree-climbing; sailing, old novels, and doggerel rhyming.