By the beginning of the 1996 school year, the
University of Denver’s Graduate School of Public Affairs will
choose a professor to hold the Timothy E. Wirth Chair in
Environmental and Community Development Policy. The chair honors
the former Colorado senator who is currently undersecretary of
state for global affairs, appointed by President Bill Clinton. Ten
years ago, then Dean Marshall Kaplan started raising money for the
chair, and after a Nov. 10 dinner featuring Vice President Al Gore
as the keynote speaker, he met his goal: $1.4 million raised by
some 2,000 donors. A series of lectures by former and current EPA
administrators are scheduled for the upcoming month which the
college hopes will set the tone for the chair. Speakers include
Anne Burford, a Reagan appointee, April 25; William Reilly, a Bush
appointee, May 7; and current EPA administrator Carol Browner, May
16. For reservations, call Catherine Rafferty at the University of
Denver, 303/820-5602. – Bill
Taylor
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