Background
Baxter, Lester Wayne was born on August 5, 1956 in Decatur, Indiana, United States. Son of Carl Deloyd and Ruth (Mazelin) Baxter.
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Lester Wayne Baxter, American Energy policy specialist. Achievements include leading first detailed regional assessment of climate change's impact on energy supply and demand; pioneered use of production function analysis to study of energy use and efficiency. Grantee Northwestern University, 1974, University of Pennsylvania, 1983. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Education
Bachelor with honors, Northwestern University, 1977; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy with honors, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984.
Career
Anthropologist, U. Alaska, Fairbanks, 1980-1981;
research fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982-1984;
energy specialist, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, 1985-1987;
senior energy specialist, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, 1987-1990;
adviser, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, since 1991. Visiting fellow East-West Center, Honolulu, 1983. Delegate energy planning technical exchange, People's Republic of China, 1985.
Project reviewer Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, since 1987, Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, since 1988, California Institute for Energy Efficiency, Berkeley, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Connections
Married Karen Marie Peterson, September 16, 1989.
