Source: RISK newsletter,
Fourth Quarter 1995, published by the Society for Risk Analysis
Milton Russell, head of the Joint Institute for Energy and
Environment, a research consortium of Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the University of
Tennessee, will direct the new National Center for Environmental
Decision-Making Research (NCEDR), which the institute will create
with funding of $1 million per year for five years from the
National Science Foundation and with matching funds. The center
intends to improve the environmental decision-making process in
both the public and private sectors. Russell will lead
interdisciplinary research teams representing economics, urban
planning, policy analysis, sociology, geography, mathematics,
ecology, psychology, political science, and computer science,
which will synthesize existing research, perform case studies,
assemble a "toolkit" of processes and techniques, and
design a national information infrastructure. A search for a
deputy director of the center is under way.
Vincent Ho, treasurer of SRA's Southern California
Chapter, has joined Booz·Allen & Hamilton Inc., where he
will specialize in transportation and fire risk analysis,
decision-making analysis, and risk-based business process
reengineering. His new address is: Booz·Allen & Hamilton
Inc., 523 W. 6th Street, Suite 650, Los Angeles, CA 90014,
telephone (213) 620-1900, fax (213) 622-2464, e-mail
ho_vincent@bah.com.