Professional Positions and Awards

Academic Preparation

A.B., Biology-Chemistry, Amherst College, 1956

M.S., Botany, University of Massachusetts, 1959

Ph.D., Botany-Ecology, Duke University, 1962

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor 1962-65, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Assistant Professor to Professor 1965-95, Arizona State University

Professor Emeritus 1995 - , Arizona State University

Research Professor 1999-, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University and Big Sky Institute, Bozeman, MT

Administrative Experience

Chairman, Faculty Assembly, President, Faculty Senate, Arizona State University (elected position), 1971-72.

Assistant Academic Vice President, Arizona State University, 1972-76.

Chairman, Department of Botany and Microbiology, Arizona State University, January 1977-July 1981.

Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, 1980-1995.

Business Manager, Ecological Society of America, 1979-1995.

President, Arizona Riparian Council, 1985-89.

President, Society of Wetland Scientists, 1996-97

Other Professional Experience

Bureau of Reclamation - Department of the Interior.

Senior Scientist, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies 1989-1996.

National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences: Committees, Boards, and Commissions.

Member, Environmental Assessment Committee, Environmental Studies Board, Commission of Natural Resources, 1975-76. Chairman: Panel on Environmental Impacts of Resource Management.

Chairman, Mono Basin Ecosystem Study, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1985-87.

Member, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Committee, Water Science and Technology Board, 1986-89, ex officio 1989-1996.

Member, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1987-90.

Member, Committee on Opportunities in Applied Environmental Research and Development, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1988-91.

Member, Committee on Western Water Management Change, Water Science and Technology Board, 1989-91.

Member, Committee on Science in the National Parks, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1989-92.

Member, Commission on Geoscience, Environment and Resources, 1990-93.

Member, Planning Committee for Managing Water Resources and Water Quality Along the U.S./Mexico Border. Water Science and Technology Board. 1993.

Chair, Committee to Evaluate Navys Extreme Low Frequency Antenna Ecological Monitoring Program, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. 1995-97.

Member, Committee on Ungulate Management in Yellowstone National Park, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, 1998-2001.

Member, Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, 1999

Member, GAO Funded Workshop on Environmental Indicator Sets (organized by NAS)

National Science Foundation:

Scientific Consultant to the National Science Foundation, 1973-75.

Panel Member -- National Science Foundation: Environmental Biology 1975-76 and Ecological Sciences, 1976-78.

Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment,Washington, D.C.

Chair, State of the Nation’s Ecosystems: Grass/Shrubland Committee

Member, Design Committee, The State of the Nations Ecosystems Project

Advisory Activities:

Member, Man and the Biosphere-4 Directorate: Arid and Semi-Arid Lands, 1988-90.

Science Advisory Council, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, 1988-present.

Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, 1994-96; member, 1990-96.

Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy. 1993-1995.

Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee member. American Rivers, 1993-present.

Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, Yellowstone River Cumulative Effects Task Force, 1999- present.

Science Board, CALFED, Bay-Delta Watershed Ecosystem Restoration Program. December 1999 to 2005.

Independent Science Board, California Bay-Delta Authority. October 2003 to present.

Awards and Honors

Phi Sigma 1963

Sigma Xi 1959 (Associate), 1962 (Full)

Arizona State University Chapter:

Treasurer, 1966-68

President-Elect, 1968-69

President, 1969-70

Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow 1979

Arizona/Nevada Academy of Sciences, Fellow 1976.

Ecological Society of America, Distinguished Service Award. 1994.

Bureau of Reclamation, Citizens Award. 1996.