Anne Batterson ’59
Anne Batterson writer, adventurer, teacher, student, wife and mother
of two adult children, has been balancing these passions for many
years: leading treks in Nepal; teaching humanities, literature,
and writing courses at the University of Hartford; exploring southeast
Asia and the American west with her husband David Owen, an Episcopal
priest; and studying Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism and their cultures.
Her educational and professional backgrounds are eclectic. Formerly
a national and international skydiving champion, she turned her
love of the high and wild spaces into a way of life when she became
a flight instructor and charter pilot. Returning to college in her
thirties, she concentrated on literature and writing and has taught
part time at The University of Hartford off and on since that time.
A long-time activist for environmental issues, Batterson entered
the realm of politics in the eighties, coordinating lobbying efforts
and managing political campaigns. For seven years she was co-owner
of an environmental products store called Delicate Balance.
After extensive leadership and wilderness medical training, she
began promoting, organizing and leading treks to Nepal in 1984.
In 1994, she began to guide treks for Above the Clouds, a trekking
business that is both sensitive and responsible regarding the environmental
and cultural implications of adventure travel.
After giving the lion's share of every day to her current book-in-progress
which takes place in Nepal, Anne Batterson spends her free hours
hiking, biking, and kayaking with David, rock climbing on New England's
crags, searching for galaxies with her reflector telescope, growing
vegetables and tending her rose garden. She calls herself a bird-wannabe
rather than a bird-er, a Dalai Lama groupie, and lately, a significant
danger to other roller bladers on the local bike path in Canton
Connecticut.
Commencement 2003
Other 2003 Honorary Degree Recipients
Antonia Coelle Novello
Marsha Johnson Evans
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