Notes for Background

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and John A. McLachlan

Short Background
roots
brief political background
short paragraph
how they got involved with waterways
childhood/college/private life-maybe?


Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a B.A. in government
Since 1987 Kennedy has served as a Clinical Professor of Environmental Law and co-director of the Environmental Litigation Clinic
i. Tried against Hudson River polluters
Senior attorney for the natural resources defense council, a lobbying firm that works to expand environmental regulations and restrict land use.
Hudson Riverkeeper.now part of Kennedy’s umbrella organization
i. Waterkeeper Alliance
ii. Chris Bartle and John Hoving created a bottle water company that donates all of its profits to the waterkeeper alliance- Tears of the Clouds
iii. Product bottled name: Keeper Springs
Speaks about pollution and global warming
Written two books/several articles
http://web2.unt.edu/news/story.cfm?story=10260
John A. McLachlan
a. ProfessorDirector, Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
b. Research InterestsDevelopmental pharmacology, toxicology and endocrinology; estrogen action and environmental estrogens; signaling, gene regulation, and gynecologic cancers.
Dr. McLachlan received his B.A. degree in Liberal Arts from the Johns Hopkins University
In his first five years in New Orleans, Dr. McLachlan established a Program in the
Environment and Women’s Health, formed the nation’s first Center in Environmental
Astrobiology, and initiated the Mississippi River Interdisciplinary Research Program.


Scientific Director of NIEHS in 1989, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/elabs/JohnMcLachlan.htm