2004 Senator John H. Chafee Environmental Leadership Award.

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ON APRIL 29, CLF HONORED RETIRING BROWN University Professor Harold Ward with the Senator John H. Chafee Environmental Leadership Award. CLF President Philip Warburg presented the award during a luncheon ceremony at a day-long retreat attended by more than 50 of CLF's board members from throughout New England. As a scientist, lawyer and long-time CLF Board member, Harold has demonstrated strong civic leadership in addressing global, regional and state-level environmental challenges. As an educator, he has dedicated his life to teaching environmental values and inspiring emerging generations of concerned, informed citizens.

Harold is the longest-serving member of CLF's Board of Directors and also serves on CLF's Rhode Island State Board. In 1978, he founded Brown University's Environmental Studies Center. Many of his students now hold important positions in state...