Our interest in sustainable energy led us in 2005 to ground-breaking work taking place on various Indian Reservations in South Dakota. Hal, foundation board member Mary LeFever, and Untourists/foundation donors Rod and Shirley DePue visited some of this work in 2006. Their hosts included Patrick Spears, a leader in various capacities including former tribal chairman.
Pat died earlier this week. I’m not one to pass around obituaries, but I was so impressed by Pat’s warmth and humility on the phone these past years, that I need to share his story. Here it is.
I was especially moved in 2007 when the World Clean Energy Awards gave the “Award for Courage” (scroll down) to Pat, Bob Gough, and the Intertribal Council On Utility Policy, for which Pat was president.
Thank you, Pat, for leading the way with strength and gentleness!
Above is a photo of Pat with Bob Gough, Hal, and Mary LeFever“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
~~ C. S. Lewis