Environmental.

• Author: Clarke, William
• Position: Viewpoint essay - Brief article

I have been a member of the board of directors of Golden LEAF, a Rocky Mount-based nonprofit that distributes the proceeds of half the state's share of the national tobacco settlement since its creation in 1999.1 am a member of the board of visitors of the Institute for the Environment at UNC Chapel Hill and a member of the board of directors of the North Carolina Independent College Fund and at The Pisgah Center Inc.

Vita: Born Jan. 30, 1957, in Bat Cave; bachelor's from Princeton University and law degree from UNC Chapel Hill; wife, five children and a grandchild. What he'd be if not a lawyer: Run a business or farm or have a better golf game. Memorable case: I had a sedimentation and erosion case in which we obtained a verdict of $500,000 after more than a week...