Sea Lab Scientist Dr. William Schroeder Elected Chair of the Outer Continental Shelf Scientific Committee of the Minerals Management Advisory Board

January 16, 2001

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Dr. William Schroeder, Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Professor of Biological Sciences/Marine Sciences at the University of Alabama, was recently elected Chair of the Outer Continental Shelf Scientific Committee of the Minerals Management Advisory Board of the US Department of the Interior.

The purpose of the Committee is to evaluate the quality of research carried out by the Mineral Management Services Environmental Studies Program, the Department of Interior agency which studies and makes recommendations regarding offshore mineral extractions on the human, marine and coastal environments.  
Dr. Schroeder will serve as Chair for two years.

 

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