We became interested in Cashmere goats when we were planning to retire from our jobs in the city and decided to have a new life as goat farmers.
Roy is a veteran of World War II and saw action as a rifleman in Italy. After the war he graduated from college and then completed a Ph.D program in microbiology and biochemistry. After graduation he was a professor at Indiana University. In 1959 he was invited to join the research staff at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he remained for 33 years. During that time he was a consultant to NASA on an exploratory project for manned space flight to Mars and to the US Navy on special aspects of deep sea diving. He also held an adjunct professorship at George Washington University.
Anne spent her summers as a child in Belmont, Vermont where she raised milk goats with her sister. She attended Cornell University and then received a Master's degree in microbiology at the University of Michigan where she met Roy. We had three children, two boys and a girl. Anne was a stay-at-home mom until the children were off to college. Then she worked at NIH on a project for Catholic University and later for the American Type Culture Collection as Senior Microbiologist.
In our spare time we enjoyed gardening, hiking, camping and running white water rapids in our canoe and kayak with our three children.
We enjoy classical music and presently play recorders in an ensemble at Shenandoah University. We play medieval, rennaisance, and baroque music.
We have been active in the Eastern Cashmere Association since 1994. Roy has been on the board of directors since that time and served as president for 6 years. Roy was Superintendant of the ECA Cashmere Goat Show and Fleece Competition in Richmond, Virginia for several years and Anne has been Show Secretary and Fleece Secretary.
