Dr. Robert Corell is a leader in climate change research and has played a critical role in focusing the attention of the international community on the issue of climate change in the Arctic. He is actively engaged in research activities concerned with the sciences of global change and the connection between science and public policy, particularly those that focus on global and regional climate change and related environmental issues.
He has directed the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, an international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee, evaluating and synthesizing knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences. Corell serves as Global Change Director at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, a non-profit dedicated to improving the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy through collaboration among industry, government, academia and environmental organizations. Previously, he served as a Senior Policy Fellow at the Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society and an Affiliate of the Washington Advisory Group. He was also a Senior Research Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, which advances policy-relevant knowledge about issues where science, technology, environmental policy and international affairs intersect. Corell was Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF) where he oversaw the atmospheric, earth and ocean sciences, and the global change programs of NSF. He also led the United States Global Change Research program from 1987-2000. He was recently honored with a National Conservation Award for Science recognizing more than four decades of his environmental science work.
Corell is an oceanographer and engineer, having received having received Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees at Case Western Reserve University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Formerly, he was a professor and academic administrator at the University of New Hampshire.
In recognition of the critical role of scientists in addressing the increasingly complex public policy challenges and choices facing global society, and in conveying those challenges and choices to the public and policy makers, the University of Alaska Anchorage proudly confers upon Dr. Robert Corell the title of Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D.).
| Hugh Fleischer is known both statewide and nationally for his contributions to advancing civil rights for those without power, visibility or resources. Fleischer’s first contribution to Alaska was in 1971 when he accepted a position with Alaska Legal Services and worked on the pending Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). He represented the Aleut League in a suit to halt the Atomic Energy Commission’s Project Cannikin and continues to work with Alaska Native groups to help them pursue their civil rights within the context of ANCSA.
Before coming to Alaska, Fleischer served in the Civil Rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, working for voting rights, access to education, equal employment and public accommodations. His work on school desegregation cases earned him a meritorious award from Ramsey Clark, the 66th U.S. Attorney General under Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1973, Fleischer joined a private law firm where he specialized in civil and criminal defense and represented the disadvantaged and powerless. In 1996, he established his private practice where he continues to focus on plaintiff’s employment law and federal criminal defense law.
In 1974 Fleischer helped found the Alaska Public Interest Research Group (AKPRIG) and he continues to serve on the Board of Directors. On behalf of Anaktuvik Pass residents he argued against opening the Prudhoe Bay Haul Road to the public without protecting subsistence resources. He has also represented clients in various Alaska courts for the Alaska Bar Association’s Pro-Bono Program and has been a mainstay in the Criminal Justice Act Program for 21 years, serving as a public service lawyer for indigent clients appearing in federal court. In 1996 he helped found Alaskans Against the Death Penalty, which works to educate Alaskans on the discriminatory record of capital executions in Alaska (before statehood) and the nation.
Fleischer earned his Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in 1961 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver in 1964. He was Assistant Editor of the Denver Bar Journal from 1963-1964 and authored "Brown v. Board—A Study of Circumvention” for that publication. He was admitted to the Colorado bar in 1964 and admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1970. He was admitted to the Alaska bar in 1971 and the Missouri bar in 1972.
In recognition of his civic engagement dedication, achievements and contributions in Alaska, the University of Alaska Anchorage proudly confers upon Hugh Fleischer the title of Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.). |
