Larry Greene-Our Renaissance Man
A renaissance man is a person who is skilled in multiple fields or multiple disciplines, and who has a broad base of knowledge. The term renaissance man is largely based on the various artists and scholars of the European Renaissance, (starting in about 1450 CE), who pursued multiple fields of studies. Perhaps the quintessential renaissance man of this period was Leonardo Da Vinci, who was a master of art, an engineer, an anatomy expert (for the time), and also pursued many other disciplines with great success and aplomb.
Seen in the photo above is Larry Greene, truly a renaissance man of the dog world, operating a backhoe to prepare the trenches for the earthdog liners for trhe 2008 Alabama Earthdog Trials in November 2008. This was not the first or only year Larry has done this. Every year for at least the last 5 years he obtains the loan of a backhoe from the Foley Implement Company in Foley Alabama (at no cost to the club), loads it on a trailer, transports it to the site, operates the machine to dig the trenches, reloads the backhoe and then returns the equipment. Wow! It tires me out just thinking about it.
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