The Magner Center for Career Development and Internships, the Brooklyn College Alumni Association, and the Brooklyn College Biology Department present
Dr. Elliott A. Norse, ’69
Winner, 2008 Brooklyn College Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award
My Marine Conservation Odyssey:
From Ingersoll Hall to the White House (And Back!!)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
1:30 p.m.
Woody Tanger Auditorium
Brooklyn College Library
A Brooklyn College alumnus and leader in the movement to protect and recover ocean life, Dr. Elliot Norse will address the latest developments in marine conservation, why the living sea is so important for people, what individuals can do to save our oceans and how Brooklyn College prepared him for his journey.
Norse is the founder and president of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) in Bellevue, Washington which is dedicated to advancing the science of marine conservation biology and securing protection for ocean ecosystems. MCBI has been instrumental in making the impacts of destructive fishing methods and protection of places in the sea the leading issues on the world’s marine conservation agenda.
For Information, call 718-951-5065.
Reception to follow in
Multipurpose Room,
411 Brooklyn College Library
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A Lifetime Dedicated to
Marine Conservation
After deciding to become an “ichthyologist” at age five and learning to snorkel at eight, Elliot Norse earned a bachelor of science degree with honors in biology, geology and music from Brooklyn College in 1969.
Prior to founding the MCBI in 1996, Norse worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the President's Council on Environmental Quality, where he defined biological diversity as conservation’s overarching goal; the Ecological Society of America, the Wilderness Society; and the Ocean Conservatory. A founding life member of the Society for Conservation Biology, he also served on the National Research Council’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change.
His writings on the subject include the most widely cited book on marine conservation, Global Marine Biological Diversity: A Strategy for Building Conservation into Decision Making (1993), as well as such other famous works as Conserving Biological Diversity in Our National Forests (1986), Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest (1990), and Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea’s Biodiversity (2005).
A recipient of the 2006 Nancy Foster Award for Habitat Conservation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Evergreen Award for service to the State of Washington, Norse is also a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation. For more information, visit www.mcbi.org.
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