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Appendix A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Appendix A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Pages 181-186
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and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Iowa State University in 1953.
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She works on issues related to the reform and improvement of water management practices in major river basins in the West; water allocation and water transfer policies at the state, tribal, and federal levels; agricultural nonpoint-source pollution control; and protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems.
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He is also a delegate to the University Council on Water Research for the University. Current waterrelated research includes the impact of agricultural production systems on water quality, optimal waste management strategies and marketing alternatives for confined animal feeding operations to protect water quality, integrated pest management systems, and optimal irrigation strategies for crop production in west Texas.
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He is a member of the Florida Engineering Society and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was the recipient of the 1987 Palladium Medal for Outstanding Engineering Achievement in the Support of Environmental Conservation, given jointly by the National Audubon Society and the American Association of Engineering Societies; and he received the national Marksman Award for Engineering Excellence given by the Engineering News Record Magazine.
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Previously, she was executive director of the Wind River Environmental Quality Commission, a resource manager and water engineer for the Wind River Reservation, and a hydrologist with the Council of Energy Resource Tribes. She was also owner of Watershed Management Systems, Oakland, California; the director of the Water Resources Program, American Indian Resources Institute; and a research coordinator for the Papago Water Survey at the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies.
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His current research is on long-term water development in South Asia and the American West, with special emphasis on the geographical interactions between those regions that have shaped current water management problems. He has received fellowships and awards from the National Science Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation for the Humanities, and Dumbarton Oaks.
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