Maurice K. Goddard Chair
in
Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation
School of Forest Resources
The Pennsylvania State University
The Goddard
Chair is a unique endowed professorship at Penn State which emphasizes outreach and public service.
The Goddard Professor seeks to improve
natural resource management and policy by fostering dialogue on
important issues among agencies, industries, and the general public.
Goddard Professor represents amici scientists on global warming before
Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA
The 6th Goddard Forum, The Opportunities and Challenges of the
Pennsylvania Renewable Portfolio Standard:
Emerging Technologies, Regulations, and Institutions, was held
January 30-31, 2006 at The Nittany Lion Inn in State College, PA.
The 7th Goddard Forum, Pennsylvania's Third Forest:
Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Century, was held January 29-30, 2007
at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, PA.
The Goddard Chair position is a three-year appointment; the current Goddard
Chair, Robert
B. McKinstry, Jr., began
July 1, 2001, and is in his second term, which runs through June 30, 2007.
Past occupants of the Goddard Chair include:
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Caren E. Glotfelty
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Arthur A. Davis
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Benjamin A. Jayne
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Steven G. Thorne
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April 20, 2007 |