Background
Deland, Michael Reeves was born on December 13, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Stanton and Susan Robertson (Reeves) Deland.
Deland, Michael Reeves was born on December 13, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Stanton and Susan Robertson (Reeves) Deland.
AB, Harvard University, 1963. Juris Doctor, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Taegu (South Korea) University, 1998.
Manager, United States Congressional campaign, Concord, Massachusetts, 1970; staff assistant to president, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1971; chief enforcement branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, 1971-1976; regional administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, 1983-1989; environmental counsel, Environmental Research Technology, Concord, 1976-1983; chairman, President Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, 1989-1993; vice chairman, American Flywheel Systems Inc., Washington, since 1993. Board advisory HYDRO Quebec, 1993-1996.
Chairman board National Organization on Disability, 1990-2005, president, 2005-2007, president emeritus 2008-2009, consultant. Vice-chairman World Committee on Disability, 1996-2005, chairman 2005-2009. Board directors Associate Harvard Alumni, 1977-1979, Management Institute Environmental and Business, 1990-1996, World Resources Institute, 1997-2006, Boston Globe Newspaper Company, 1998-2003.
Member corporation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1993-2002. Trustee Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1976-1982. Vestryman Trinity Episcopal Church, Boston, 1976-1978, St. John's Church Lafayette Square, Washington, 1998-2002.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1963-1965. Member The Country Club (Brookline, Massachusetts), Beverly Yacht Club, Metropolitan Club, Chevy Chase Club, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary).
Married Jane Slocum, August 18, 1973. Children: Stanton, Melissa, Holly.