Lynn Ellen Doxon became involved with alternative energy as a VISTA volunteer in the mid 1970's. Robert Brautigam attended a seminar on fuel alcohol she hosted in 1978, then invented a very efficient fuel alcohol still. They formed the Tallgrass Research Center and continued to promote fuel alcohol until Brautigam’s death in 1982. Although pursuing other interests since then, including earning a PhD in horticulture and starting a family, Dr. Doxon has maintained her interest in renewable energy sources. She lives with her husband, mother and three daughters in a solar heated house in Albuquerque, New Mexico.