57, Newport Beach ... Sewage and...

57, Newport Beach ... Sewage and ficus-tree activist ... One of

three founders of the Ocean Outfall Group, an environmental activist

group ... Led the charge against a controversial sewage waiver, which

was eventually dropped by the Orange County Sanitation District,

though not so successful when it comes to trees ... Co-founder of the

Balboa Arborist Society, which lobbied for the preservation of ficus

trees in Balboa Village ... Married to Cheryl, whom he calls “an

angel” ... Son Jon, 18, is an all-league baseball player at Newport

Harbor High School ... Father to teenage daughter Tiffany ...

Grandfather George H. Shull, a Princeton botanist, invented hybrid

corn ... Unranked last year