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Pages 237-242

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From page 237...
... He was previously senior vice president, technology and engineering, for the Westlake Group. Before joining Westlake in 1996, he was senior vice president and chief technical officer of Premix; vice president, research and development, at BFGoodrich; and associate professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University.
From page 238...
... Since 1988, Carberry has helped oversee a transition to waste prevention at DuPont, while maintaining excellence in the company's treatment, abatement, and remediation efforts. He is presently serving as chairman of the chemical engineering advisory board at Cornell University, is on the radioactive waste retrieval Technology Review Group for the U.S.
From page 239...
... Environmental Protection Agency, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Environment Directorate, National Science Foundation, and World Commission on Environment and Development.
From page 240...
... He is responsible for implementing Georgia-Pacific's 58 Environmental Principles and Goals, as well as developing future environmental performance measures. In addition, Mayer develops an annual company-wide strategy to provide environmental training for officers, key managers, and environmental coordinators.
From page 241...
... He serves as a member of the US CAR Council, the Automotive Research Center Board of Advisors, and the NRC' s Competitiveness Task Force. Powers is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy, and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
From page 242...
... Before joining the Science News staff in 1993, he ran a successful freelance editing and writing business, consulting on various projects for the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation. Pearson has an M.A.


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