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| Dr. Swackhamer |
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| Tuesday, September 13
St. Paul College, 235 Marshall Ave., St. Paul
Faculty Dining Room (First floor, main building, southeast corner)
Executive Board Committee Meeting 5:00 -6:00 PM
Dinner 6:00—7:00 PM
: Roasted
chicken with shallot infused whipped potatoes, salad, rolls, desert, and
beverage.
Presentation
7:00—8:00 PM
Pre-Registration deadline: Thursday, September 8th
St. Paul College charges for parking. The fee for
parking in the lot or on nearby streets is $5.00. Those willing to walk a few
blocks can street-park for free. Drivers need to read the parking signs
carefully. Here is the link to St. Paul College directions and parking
information, http://saintpaul.edu/AboutUs/Pages/directions.aspx?Title=TWFwLURpcmVjdGlvbnM
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| About the Speaker
Biography: Dr.
Deborah L. Swackhamer is Professor and Charles M. Denny Jr., Chair in Science,
Technology, and Public Policy in the Hubert H, Humphrey School of Public
Affairs, and Co-Director of the University’s Water Resources Center. She also
is Professor in Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health.
She received a BA in Chemistry from Grinnell College, IA and a MS and PhD from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Water Chemistry and Limnology &
Oceanography, respectively. After two years post-doctoral research in Chemistry
and Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, she joined the
Minnesota faculty in 1987. She has studied the processes affecting the behavior
of, and exposures to, toxic chemicals in the environment. She has just
completed the Minnesota Water Sustainability Framework for the Minnesota
Legislature.
Dr. Swackhamer currently serves as Chair of the
.Science Advisory Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and on the
Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission of the US and
Canada. She currently serves on the National Research Council, National Academy
of Sciences committee reviewing the USGS National Assessment of Water Quality
Program. She was appointed to serve on the Minnesota Clean Water Council. She
currently is President of the National Institutes of Water Resources. Dr.
Swackhamer is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal
Environmental Science & Technology, and she chairs the Editorial Advisory
Board of the Journal of Environmental Monitoring. She is a Fellow in the Royal
Society of Chemistry in the UK. Dr. Swackhamer received the 2007 Harvey G.
Rogers Award from the Minnesota Public Health Association. In 2009 she received
the prestigious Founders Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry for lifetime achievement in environmental sciences. She was the 2010
recipient of the University of Minnesota’s Ada Comstock Award.
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