About the Author

• Author: Oliver A. Houck
• Pages: 7-7

About the Author

Oliver A. Houck is a Professor of Law

at Tulane University where he directs

the Environmental Law Program. A

graduate of Harvard College and

Georgetown Law Center, prior to

joining the Tulane faculty in 1981, he

was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in

Washington, D.C. and then General

Counsel to the National Wildlife

Federation, also in Washington. He has

served on the Board of Directors of the

Environmental Law Institute and the

Defenders of Wildlife and on the

Litigation Review Committee of the

Environmental Defense Fund. He has

also served on the Environmental

Advisory Board of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and on two

panels of the National Academy of Sciences. He has published

widely on water pollution, endangered species, biological

diversity, and public interest law.

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