{"id":326,"date":"2016-05-18T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orienteeringunlimited.com\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2016-05-18T19:17:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:17:16","slug":"ed-hicks-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orienteeringunlimited.com\/orienteering\/ed-hicks-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Hicks Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Hicks, owner of Orienteering Unlimited, Inc. lives in Somers, NY, and is\u00a0a retired NY State science teacher who pioneered the outdoor education and\u00a0computer programs in his school district in the 70&#8217;s, 80&#8217;s and early 90&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-346\" src=\"https:\/\/orienteeringunlimited.com\/orienteering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ed-Hicks-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Hicks\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orienteeringunlimited.com\/orienteering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ed-Hicks-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/orienteeringunlimited.com\/orienteering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ed-Hicks.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>For over three decades, Ed has been a tireless champion of orienteering\u00a0regionally and nationally, especially how it can integrate and enrich\u00a0lifetime learning in all settings with any age group. Since founding\u00a0Orienteering Unlimited in 1979, he has lead Map Adventure programs with\u00a0countless schools, camps, and youth groups, staff trainings and corporation\u00a0and has produced over 100 orienteering-quality maps of state parks, camps,\u00a0school grounds, conference and nature centers.<\/p>\n<p>Ed&#8217;s other passion is computers and technology. He introduced computers to\u00a0his Middle school students beginning in the late 1970&#8217;s. He was a member of\u00a0FCUG at its inception and is also a member of DACS and WPCUG computer clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 30 years he has present a variety of program about computer\u00a0hardware and software for these clubs and other organizations. Many have\u00a0referred to Ed as a person ahead of the times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Hicks, owner of Orienteering Unlimited, Inc. lives in Somers, NY, and is\u00a0a retired NY State science teacher who pioneered the outdoor education and\u00a0computer programs in his school district in the 70&#8217;s, 80&#8217;s and early 90&#8217;s. For over three decades, Ed has been a tireless champion of orienteering\u00a0regionally and nationally, especially how it can integrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-326","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ed Hicks Biography - Orienteering Unlimited, Inc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ed Hicks, owner of Orienteering Unlimited, Inc. is a retired NY State science teacher who pioneered outdoor education and computer programs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orienteeringunlimited.com\/orienteering\/ed-hicks-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ed Hicks Biography - 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