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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Environment - John Graham to lead IU SPEA

A press release today from Indiana University includes the following:

INDIANAPOLIS -- John D. Graham, a former Harvard faculty member and top official with the White House Office of Management and Budget, has been named dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

The appointment, subject to approval by the IU Board of Trustees, was announced today by Charles Bantz, chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. It takes effect Aug. 1. * * *

Graham spent 16 years at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he was a faculty member, deputy chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management and founding director of the Center for Risk Analysis, which he led from 1989 to 2001.

At the Office of Management and Budget from 2001 to 2006, he oversaw for President Bush federal regulatory policy, statistical policy and information, and directed a staff of 50 career policy analysts with backgrounds in science, engineering, economics, statistics and law. * * *

Graham has a doctorate degree in urban and public affairs from Carnegie-Mellon University, a master's degree in public affairs from Duke University and a bachelor's degree with honors in economics and politics from Wake Forest University. He is the author or co-author of seven books on safety, regulation and risk assessment and more than 140 published papers and reports. He is married and has two daughters. * * *

William Ruckelshaus, an Indiana native who became the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, said, "I've known John Graham for over 25 years. He has had a long career assessing and managing the risks to public health and the environment. He has always been scrupulous, honest and thorough in his actions. SPEA is fortunate in having a person of Graham's stature as its new dean."

Created in 1972, the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs has earned national distinction for innovative educational programs that combine administrative, social, economic, financial and environmental disciplines. It was ranked No. 2 for graduate programs in public affairs last month by U.S. News & World Report.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 17, 2008 01:48 PM
Posted to Environment