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Joseph T. Ling
Joseph T. Ling
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During his 32-year career in engineering, he had a profound influence worldwide on the direction of environmental policy, philosophy, and industrial environmental practices, as well as on government regulation and legislation. Joe retired in 1984 as vice president, Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control, 3M Company, but continued for another two decades as an advisor and a supporter of myriad academic, industrial, regulatory, and legislative organizations.
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In 1975, Joe established a formal environmental policy for 3M, specifying that 3M would solve its own environmental problems, observe government regulations, and assist the government with environmental regulatory matters. With this policy, 3M moved beyond waste treatment into pollution prevention, natural resources conservation, and a policy of developing products with minimal or no adverse effects on the environment.
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The Economic Commission for Europe held a conference on pollution prevention in Paris that same year, and soon thereafter the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and other countries adopted pollution prevention as an integral part of their national environmental policies. In 1977, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Joe was elected to NAE in 1976 and was a senior fellow of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, and a life fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. On June 23, 2005, Joe was awarded the International Air and Waste Management Association Richard Beatty Mellon Environmental Stewardship Award.
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Their efforts, singularly and collectively, helped shape this nation and the world." Joe was honored for developing "the total environmental concept, aiming to reduce wastes in the manufacturing process itself." Joe and Rose raised three daughters born in China and a son born in Minnesota to value education and service. Two became teachers, and two are physicians.
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