Lead and Bios

In 2003 the department of philosophy at University of North Texas launched the WaterWays Projcet. This program deals with water issues including, scarcity, quality, quantity of reserves, cultural concepts, and restoring riparian areas. This year they are happy to invite you to the second biennial Water Ways Conference 2007. The conference will start on Tuesday March 13 through Thursday March 15. The conference is open to the public and will feature Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, and John A. Mchlan.


Bios:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr is the chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and the President of the WaterKeeper Alliance. In addition to this he is a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University. He was formerly Assistant District Attorney in New York City. He was involved in several political campaigns such as the campaign of Edward M. Kennedy in 1980, Al Gore in 2000, and John Kerry in 2004.
Mr Kennedy was name in Time Magazine's "Heroes for the Planet" for leading the fight in the Hudson River restoration process, which helped to create over 130 waterkeeper organizations across the globe. His fight to preserve the environment is not limited to just the US, but has spread to Latin America and Canada where he helped negotiate treaties to save indigenous tribe's homelands. Mr Kennedy is a Harvard grad student who also studied at the London School of Economics. He received his law degree from the University of Virgina Law school and his masters at Pace University.

John McLachlan, Ph. D.

Jon McLachlan is a renowned Biologist, director of Riversphere, and the Katrina Environmental Research & Restoration Network. The Riversphere is a museum of science, history, art, and culture at the banks of the Mississippi river in downtown New Orleans Louisiana. Doctor john McLachlan earn his B.A. degree in Liberal Arts from John Hopkins University and his doctorate degree in Pharmacology at the George Washington University. He is currently the director at the Center for Bio environmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities. He is a Weatherford distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies.