Background
Purcell, Arthur Henry was born on August 11, 1944 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward and Ethel (Lohman) Purcell.
consultant environmental engineering educator
Purcell, Arthur Henry was born on August 11, 1944 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward and Ethel (Lohman) Purcell.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1972.
Environmentalist United States Army Environmental Office, 1971. Associate director office of science and government American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1973-1974. Co-founder, director Resource Policy Institute, Washington, since 1975.
Associate professorial lecturer department civil, mechanical and environmental engineering George Washington University, 1975-1989. Professorial lecturer Center for Technology and Administration, American University, 1980-1981. Consultant engineer, since 1974.
Staff principal President's Commission on Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979. Chairman District of Columbia Advisory Neighborhood Commission, 1981-1984, 86—. Special consultant Economic Commission for Europe, since 1982.
Lecturer United States Information Agency, Europe, 1982, 90. Visiting scientist Hazardous Substances Control Research Center University of California at Los Angeles, 1989. Associate professor, lecturer environmental management University Southern California, West Coast University.
Chairman First International Conference on Waste Minimization and Clean Technology, Geneva, 1989. Keynote lecturer Envirotech '90, Vienna, Austria, 1990, European Commission/Finnish Research Institute series on setting priorities in environmental management, Finland, 1992, Italy, 1993. Senior environmental engineer Jacobs Engineering Group, 1991.
Chairman Pollution Prevention Technology Conference, Los Angeles, 1994. Member Drugheda (Ireland) Conference on Nuclear Power, 1997. Consultant Southern California Gas Energy Resource Center.
Chairman Scientist and Engineers for Carter, 1976-1977. Member Jimmy Carter Science Policy Task Force, 1976, President's Commission on Scholars, since 1978. Senior adviser science Mondale-Ferraro campaign, 1984.
Member Environmentalists for Pete Wilson, 1990. Member World Council for Biosphere, Sigma Xi.
Married Deborah Ross Purcell, February 2, 1973. 1 child:Christina Jean Ethel.