Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1949, Milos and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1960. They settled in San Francisco soon after. In other words: a skinny white kid with a funny accent moves from a Communist country into the racially mixed Filmore district at the height of the Cold War. The original "Survivor" plot. After high school, Milos attended the College of San Mateo and then San Francisco State University. In 1971 he moved to the Monterey area to further his studies in marine biology at the (recently completed) Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. His major coursework was in adaptive physiology and behavior of marine mammals. Additional work included scientific illustration, intertidal biology, kelp forest ecology, coastal dune dynamics, and the development of underwater research tools and techniques. He minored in Beach Volleyball and the art of Zen Frisbee (among other things, Frisbeetarians believe that when you die your soul goes up on the roof and we can't get it down). Since coming to the Monterey area, Milos has been continually involved in education at many levels, from grade school, to university, to Elderhostel programs. In addition to courses on Natural History and the Marine Sciences, Milos has taught classes on Coastal Geology, Plate Tectonics, Astronomy, Physics, Cosmology, and Critical Thinking ("You call that a hairdo?"). For over twenty years, Milos has been conducting fun and innovative classroom programs as well as walking, cycling, and kayaking tours of the central coast. Through his business, Scientific Enterprises, he has been operating as a consultant, educator, and nature guide. In 1995, Milos was recruited by the The Ocean Conservancy to act as Director of Training for BAY NET, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Volunteer Network. In March of 1999, Milos was promoted to Program Director. The first program of its kind in the nation, BAY NET's trained field guides interact with locals and visitors at various locations along the shoreline of the Sanctuary, providing information about local attractions, marine life, geology, and history ("What's the difference between seals and sea lions?", "What happened to the sardines?", "Where's the nearest bathroom?"). Since its debut in December of 1995, BAY NET has trained over 500 volunteer docents in the Monterey Bay area (Monterey Peninsula and Santa Cruz) and at the new elephant seal colony north of Hearst Castle. In that time, they have connected with nearly 750,000 shoreline visitors! On March 7, 1998, at the annual "Sanctuary Currents '98" symposium, Milos was honored with the Sanctuary Educator of the Year award. The [Monterey Bay National Marine] Sanctuary Education Panel (SEP), represents all the major research and educational institutions bordering the Sanctuary. Every year the SEP honors an individual who has, in their opinion, done an exceptional job of promoting the philosophy and goals of the Sanctuary. The list of recipients, during the last few years, includes the late Dr. Kenneth Norris (UC Santa Cruz), Doris Welch (UCSC's Long Marine Lab), and Dr. Steven K. Webster (Education director for the Monterey Bay Aquarium). Milos believes that learning needn't be dull and boring - it can be a fun and exciting adventure, at any age. Just ask his students... or his seventeen year old son, Daniel.

Photograph taken of Bird Island.