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Appendix A: About the Authors
Appendix A: About the Authors
Pages 105-114
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From 1995 to 1997 he was director for energy and environmental systems at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and in 1992 he was the J Herbert Hollomon Fellow at the National Academy of Engineering.
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Kennedy School of Government and a senior fellow in the Atmospheric Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society. Prior to January 2000, he was assistant director for geosciences at the National Science Foundation.
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Professor Jones is currently the vice chair of the National Science Board, which advises the president on science and engineering and oversees the National Science Foundation. She is also a member of the Defense Science Board, the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Corporation, end the Board of Directors of Science Applications International Corporation.
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LAWRENCE T PAPAY, a nationally recognized authority on engineering, science, and technology, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and serves on committees, panels, and task forces for numerous organizations, including the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, the U.S.
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He is the author of journal articles on small enterprises and the informal sector in developing countries and has published poems online on philosophical themes. He founded and heads the Social Enterprise Education Trust in India, an institution committed to promoting education, research, and activism in social entrepreneurship as a way of improving urban governance, urban environment, and livelihood and employment opportunities in urban areas.
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As U.S. representative to the World Meteorological Organization from 1963 to 1978, he helped establish the World Weather Watch for the continuous monitoring of the Earth's atmosphere, the Global Weather Experiment to extend the time range of weather forecasts, and the World Climate Program to improve our understanding of climate change.
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His many awards include the Vannevar Bush Award of the National Science Board, the Tyler Prize for environmental achievement, the Charles E Lindbergh Award for technology and environment, the Rockefeller Public Service Award for Protection of Natural Resources, the Smithsonian Institution' s Matthew Fontaine Maury Award for Contributions to Undersea Exploration, the International Conservation Award of the National Wildlife Federation, and the International Meteorological Organization Prize of the World Meteorological Organization.
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