Garry Dwight Brewer

Background

Brewer, Garry Dwight was born on October 2, 1941 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Dwight Cleland and Querida Mae (Colson) Brewer.

Education

Student, United States Naval Academy, 1959-1961; Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1963; Master of Science in Public Adminstrn, California State University, San Diego, 1966; Master of Philosophy in Political Science, Yale University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1970.

Career

Research fellow, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department Defense, Washington, 1967; consultant social science department, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1969-1970; member of staff social science department, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1970-1972; member senior staff, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1972-1974; assistant professor department political science, University of California, Berkeley, 1970-1971; lecturer public administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1972-1974; fellow, Center Advanced Studies in Behavior Sciences, Palo Alto, California, 1974-1975; associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1974-1978; professor organization and management, political science, forestry and environmental studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1984; Fredrick K. Weyerhaeuser professor resource policy and management, Yale University, New Haven, 1984-1990; fellow, Pearson College, New Haven, 1989-1992; Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis professor resource policy and management, Yale University, New Haven, 1990-1991; acting director Institution Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1991; professor resource policy and management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1991; dean School Natural Resources and Environmental, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991-1995; professor business administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1992; professor public policy studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1992; director Frederick A. Erb Environmental Management Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1996. Consultant National Science Foundation, since 1972, Ford Foundation, 1972-1980, DATUM, Bonn, Germany, 1972-1980, infas GmbH, Bonn, 1976-1990, Russell Sage Foundation, 1975-1976, MEDIPLAN GmbH, Germany, 1977-1980, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, 1978-1980, Resources forthe Future, 1978-1990, Solar Energy Research Institute, 1979-1981, Science Applications, Inc., 1979-1984, Rockfeller Brothers Fund, since 1990. Counselor The Policy Sciences Center, 1973-1984, trustee, 1984-1989.

Trustee Children's Research Institute California, 1974-1980. Chairman National Advisory Committee on Children, 1975-1980. Mem.rsch. advisory board Committee Economics Development, 1979-1984.

Screener Council International Exch. Scholars Public Administration, 1986-1989, chair, 1988-1989. Member senior advising committee Woods Hole Oceanog.

Institution Marine Policy Center, 1981-1988. Member senior advisory board The Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987-1992. Member of faculty European Institute Business Administration, France, 1990-1991.

Director Yosemite National Institutions, 1990-1995, member Executive Committee, 1990-1992. Member of national advisory board Duke U., Center Tropical Conservation, 1991-1996. Member board Organisation Tropical Studies, 1989-1994, 97-, member Executive Committee, 1990-1993.

Member president advising committee U. B.C., Canada, 1992-1994. Active United States Secretary Energy'sBd. on Environmental, Safety and Health, 1992, United States Nuc. Waste Technology Rev.Bd., 1992-1996, United States Committee of IIASA, since 1993.

King Carl XVI Gustaf professor environmental science Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1998-1999. Lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Garry Dwight Brewer has been listed as a notable Social scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Organized Complexity
  • Politicians, Bureaucrats and the Consultant: Critique of Urban Problem Solving by Garry D. Brewer (1974-03-21)

Membership

Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1966, Vietnam. Fellow Society for Values in Higher Education. Member NAS (board ocean science and policy 1983-1985, member ocean studies board 1985-1987, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration panel 1985-1986, and other committees), American Association for the Advancement of Science, ASPA (editorial board PAR, Mosher award committee 1986-1988, Dimock award committee 1986, Karl Bosworth award 1991), Oceangraphic Society (life), Royal Swedish Academy Agriculture and Forestry (life), Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Saundra Neville Tonsager, December 3, 1962 (divorced 1976). Children: Gabrielle Anne, Gregory David. Married Shelley Lane Marshall, May 11, 1976.

1 child, Matthew Douglas.

Father:

Dwight Cleland Brewer

Mother:

Querida Mae (Colson) Brewer

Spouse:

Saundra Neville Tonsager

Spouse:

Shelley Lane Marshall

child:

Matthew Douglas Brewer

child:

Gregory David Brewer

child:

Gabrielle Anne Brewer