MAX W. COLL II

The rivers of the world will miss you, Max, as do those of us who enjoyed your presence there. You always smiled the broadest when headed towards foaming whitewater, or while explaining how you ran a certain rapid, successfully or not. Thanks for taking me on my first ever rafting trip, and on many more after that. I cherish my many precious memories of remote places: the sound of a canyon wren at dawn; the sight of swallows nesting in the niches of a steep canyon wall; on the bank as we...

Max! A small joy each year was when you would visit our house at election time and then after you retired, meeting up with you at the Sunport as we awaited a flight and YOU remembered MY name! That was a hugely fun hour and you are definitely a Santa Fe Treasure and will always remain so. Thanks for being such a special human being! John

Alexis H. Johnson