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Environmental Council Formed by Provost

TO MEET FRIDAY
Environmental Council Formed
Provost Mark S. Wrighton has announced the formation of a 13-member 
Council on Global Environment which will coordinate MIT activities in 
this area and explore possible new initiatives.
Professor Wrighton, who will chair the council, said its first meeting 
will be held Friday, Oct. 4.
Members of the council come from many areas of MIT, including Lincoln 
Laboratory and the MIT-Woods Hole Joint Program. 
"The purpose of the council," Professor Wrighton said, "will be to serve 
as MIT's forum for discussion of issues surrounding global environment, 
to coordinate new initiatives, to document existing activities, and to 
identify new opportunities for the Institute and its faculty." 
The council will serve as a point of contact for people interested in 
what MIT is doing in the area of the environment.
Council members are:
Rafael L. Bras, the William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering, civil 
engineering
Professor Sallie W. Chisholm, director, MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program, 
civil engineering.
Professor Nazli Choucri, assoiciate director, Technology and Development 
Program, political pcience.
Henry D. Jacoby, William F. Pounds Professor of Management, Sloan 
School.
Thomas H. Jordan, Robert R. Shrock Professor of Earth and Planetary 
Sciences, head, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
Professor J. David Litster, associate provost and vice president for 
research, director, Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.
Professor David H. Marks, head, Department of Civil Engineering.
Professor Ronald G. Prinn, director, Center for Global Change Science, 
earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences.
Richard L. Schmalensee, Gordon Y Billard Professor of Management and 
Economics, Sloan School.
Professor David H. Staelin, assistant director, Lincoln Laboratory, 
electrical engineering and computer science.
Professor Lawrence E. Susskind, urban studies and planning.
Professor Jefferson W. Tester, director, Energy Laboratory, chemical 
engineering. 
Cordelia Foell, director of academic development, Resource Development, 
will be a member ex officio.