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Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Principal Contributors PRESENTEES FRANK HORVATH is the chief scientist of the Great Lakes Information System, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, where he is responsible for consolidating natural resource and envi- ronmental quality data on the Great Lakes into a form accessible and usable by natural resource managers. Mr. Horvath holds an M.S. in aquatic biology and has worked for over 15 years on environmental quality issues in the Great Lakes. He is active on several committees of the International Joint Commission. ORRIN H. PILKEY, JR., received his Ph.D. in geology from Florida State University. Currently he is professor of geology at Duke University. Previously he was associate and assistant professor at the Marine Institute at the University of Georgia and U.S. Geo- logical Survey in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. His area of expertise is in marine geology. His areas of research include geological oceanog- raphy, continental rise and deep basin turbidite sedimentation, and shoreline conservation. Dr. Pilkey is a member of the Geological So- ciety of America and the International Association of Sedimentology. 151
